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Thread: Sorting an Array

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    Default Sorting a number array (ascending)

    Hi, I'm in the middle of trying to write a program that will sort an array from lowest to highest, and I can't get the basics to work right. Any ideas? It starts off ok but then starts listing in descending order.
    public class SortingArray
    {
    	static int TestArray[] = {5,10,8,16,20,17,18,11,1,3,13,19};
     
    	public static void main(String Args[])
    	{
    		for (int count=0; count<TestArray.length;count++)
    		{
    			for (int count2=1;count2<TestArray.length;count2++)
    			{
    				if (TestArray[count] > TestArray[count2])
    				{
    					int temp = TestArray[count];
    					TestArray[count]=TestArray[count2];
    					TestArray[count2]=temp;
    				}
    			}
    		}
    		System.out.print(TestArray[0]+ " " +TestArray[1]+ " " +TestArray[2]+ " " +TestArray[3]+ " " +TestArray[4]+ " " +TestArray[5]);
    	}
    }
    Last edited by petemyster; December 12th, 2010 at 10:43 AM.


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    Default Re: Sorting a number array (ascending)

    Quote Originally Posted by petemyster View Post
    Hi, I'm in the middle of trying to write a program that will sort an array from lowest to highest, and I can't get the basics to work right. Any ideas? It starts off ok but then starts listing in descending order.
    public class SortingArray
    {
    	static int TestArray[] = {5,10,8,16,20,17,18,11,1,3,13,19};
     
    	public static void main(String Args[])
    	{
    		for (int count=0; count<TestArray.length;count++)
    		{
    			for (int count2=1;count2<TestArray.length;count2++)
    			{
    				if (TestArray[count] > TestArray[count2])
    				{
    					int temp = TestArray[count];
    					TestArray[count]=TestArray[count2];
    					TestArray[count2]=temp;
    				}
    			}
    		}
    		System.out.print(TestArray[0]+ " " +TestArray[1]+ " " +TestArray[2]+ " " +TestArray[3]+ " " +TestArray[4]+ " " +TestArray[5]);
    	}
    }
    Silly mistake really, got it sorted.

    	public static void main(String Args[])
    	{
    		for (int count=0; count<TestArray.length;count++)
    		{
    			for (int count2=count+1;count2<TestArray.length;count2++)
    			{
    				if (TestArray[count] > TestArray[count2])
    				{
    					int temp = TestArray[count];
    					TestArray[count]=TestArray[count2];
    					TestArray[count2]=temp;
    				}
    			}
    		}
    		System

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