Thread: How do I just read a users input back out to them?

i need to output the unsorted array as well as the sorted array...the sorted array works but i can not get the unsorted array to work. please help!

package Lab7;
 
import java.util.Scanner;
public class lab10 {
 
	/**
	 * @param args
	 */
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
		System.out.println("Welcome to the insertion sorter!");
		System.out.println("Please enter the number of values you would like to sort");
		int size = keyboard.nextInt();
		int[] a = new int[size];
		//populate the array
		for(int i=0;i<a.length;i++)
		{
			System.out.println("Enter the number at position "+i);
			a[i] = keyboard.nextInt();
		}
		//Selection sort!
		for(int i=0;i<a.length;i++)
		{
			int smallestIndex = i;
			for(int j=i;j<a.length;j++)
			{
				//Find the index of the next smallest value
				if(a[j]<a[smallestIndex])
				{
 
					smallestIndex = j;
				}
 
			}
			if(smallestIndex != i)//Swap the values
			{
				int temp = a[i];
				a[i] = a[smallestIndex];
				a[smallestIndex] = temp;
			}
		}
		//Print out the unsorted and sorted array
		System.out.println("The unsorted array is ");
		for(int i=0;i<a.length;i++)
		{
			System.out.print(a[i]);
		}
		System.out.println("\nThe sorted array is ");
		for(int i=0;i<a.length;i++)
		{
			System.out.print(a[i]+" ");
		}
	}
 
}

Well first you have both the print loops one after the other. You want to put the first loop to print the arrays unsorted before the actual sorting code. Then, after you do the sort, print out the array.

Your code looks okay but it's all out of order. You're sorting the array, then printing it twice after the sort. When you run the array through that sorting loop, you're completely changing the array.