java - 2d array sorting using 3rd column

Question

I have the following code. When I try to compile it, it gives me the following error:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problem: The method sort(T[], Comparator) in the type Arrays is not applicable for >the arguments (int[][], new Comparator(){})

at test.main.main(main.java:12)

import java.io.*;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Comparator;

public class main {
        public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {

        int [][] A = {{1,2,3}, {2,3,4}, {3,4,5}};

        Arrays.sort(A, new Comparator<Integer[]>() {
            public int compare(Integer[] int1, Integer[] int2) {
                Integer key1 = int1[2];
                Integer key2 = int2[2];
                return key1.compareTo(key2);
            }
        });


        for(int i=0; i<3; i++) {
            System.out.println(A[i][0] + ", " + A[i][1] + ", " + A[i][2]);
        }

    }
}

How can I solve this problem

stackoverflow.com/questions/3699141/… could be considered duplicate — zapl
– zapl, Commented Mar 16, 2014 at 2:27

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:57:37Z

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You can solve this problem using

Integer[][] A = ...;

instead of

int[][] A = ...;

You can get more information in this post: Why can Java Collections not directly store Primitives types?.

edited May 23, 2017 at 11:57

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answered Mar 16, 2014 at 2:24

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Sourabh Bhat · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-16 02:37:15Z

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You need not call Arrays.sort(Integer[], Comparator); Instead you can directly call Arrays.sort(int[]);.

Actually Integer has already implemented Comparable, therefore you may not define it again, until an unless you want to define some different sorting style!

answered Mar 16, 2014 at 2:37

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