android Arrays.binarySearch issue

Question

String[] array =
     getContext().getResources().getStringArray(R.array.DevCategories);

to get an array. I the call this:

Arrays.binarySearch(array,"Plan"));

it returns -5, I am sure the first value of the array is Plan. What happend?

By the way, the current class is extended from ContentProvider. I am writing a Provider.

I use this code get -5

String.format("%d",Arrays.binarySearch(array,"Plan"))); String.valueOf(Arrays.binarySearch(array,"Plan")));

both are -5

R.array.DevCategories from string.xml file. <string-array name="DevCategories"> <item>Plan</item> <item>Design</item> <item>Coding</item> <item>Debug</item> <item>Test</item> <item>Release</item> </string-array>

Mike Tunnicliffe · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-12 02:58:10Z

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Are you sure that the Array is sorted according to the natural sort order (for Strings in this case)?

Results are undefined if the Array is not sorted.

A negative result normally indicates that the key was not found and the result can be used to calculate the index at which the key should be inserted to add it to the Array (to maintain the proper sorting). This will be bogus if the Array was not sorted to begin with.

answered Feb 12, 2011 at 2:58

Mike Tunnicliffe

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