Thread: How do I sort strings without using the sort method?

	public static void idNumberSort(String[] array)
	{
		int startScan, index, maxIndex, maxValue;
 
		for (startScan = 0; startScan < (array.length-1); startScan++)
		{
			maxIndex = startScan;
			maxValue = array[startScan];
			for(index = startScan + 1; array[index]compareToIgnoreCase(maxValue) > 0; index++)
			{
				if (array[index] > maxValue)
				{
					maxValue = array[index];
					maxIndex = index;
				}
			}
			array[maxIndex] = array[startScan];
			array[startScan] = maxValue;
		}
	}

I wanted to sort the strings in descending order. My teacher won't let us use the sort method.

You can use methods in the String class to compare two strings.