I have been going around and around on this and I'm finally coming here because it seems like my code is working properly. Below is my input and output:
Input:
Task
Enter
twenty
words
from
the
keyboard
and
Display
them
In
alphabetical
order
Each
word
Should
be
on
new
linealphabetical
and
be
Display
Each
Enter
from
In
keyboard
line
new
on
order
Should
Task
the
them
twenty
word
wordspackage com.codegym.task.task08.task0830;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.util.Arrays;
/*
Task about algorithms
*/
public class Solution {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
//String[] array = new String[]{"Task", "Enter", "twenty", "words", "from", "the", "keyboard", "and", "Display", "them", "In", "alphabetical", "order", "Each", "word", "Should", "be", "on", "new", "line"};
String[] array = new String[20];
for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
array[i] = reader.readLine();
}
sort(array);
for (String x : array) {
System.out.println(x);
}
}
public static void sort(String[] array) {
//write your code here
//Arrays.sort(array);
for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
for (int j = i + 1; j < array.length; j++) {
String temp = array[i];
int b = 0;
int e = 1;
String s1 = array[i].substring(b, e).toLowerCase();
String s2 = array[j].substring(b, e).toLowerCase();
if (s1.equals(s2)) {
while (s1.equals(s2) && array[i].length() > e && array[j].length() > e) {
b++;
e++;
s1 = array[i].substring(b, e);
s2 = array[j].substring(b, e);
}
if (array[i].length() == e || array[j].length() == e) {
if (array[i].length() > array[j].length()) {
array[i] = array[j];
array[j] = temp;
b = 0;
e = 1;
}
}
else if (isGreaterThan(s1, s2)) {
array[i] = array[j];
array[j] = temp;
b = 0;
e = 1;
}
}
else if (isGreaterThan(s1, s2)) {
array[i] = array[j];
array[j] = temp;
b = 0;
e = 1;
}
}
}
}
// String comparison method: 'a' is greater than 'b'
public static boolean isGreaterThan(String a, String b) {
return a.compareTo(b) > 0;
}
}