How to properly sort upper and lowercase Strings in Array in Android? [duplicate]

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Hi everybody I have a small problem in sorting.

I am taking one collection of type String. When I am sorting it is giving me the wrong result that I was expecting

Here is my code :

List <String> caps = new ArrayList<String>();  
caps.add("Alpha");  
caps.add("Beta");  
caps.add("alpha1");  
caps.add("Delta");  
caps.add("theta");  

Collections.sort(caps);

It is sorting like:

Alpha Beta Delta alpha1 theta.

Here it can take any type of string even uppercase / lowercase. But the lowercase words are coming later.

I want the out put like :

Alpha alpha1 Beta Delta theta

Is there an easy built-in method for this?

jlordo · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-09 19:13:52Z

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Collections.sort(); lets you pass a custom comparator for ordering. For case insensitive ordering String class provides a static final comparator called CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER.

So in your case all that's needed is:

Collections.sort(caps, String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER);

answered Nov 9, 2012 at 19:13

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Stephen Docy Over a year ago

You can do this with arrays as well......Arrays.sort(files, String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER);

Mordechai · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-09 19:16:33Z

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Use a Comparator:

Collections.sort(caps, new Comparator<String>{
    public int compare(String s1, String s2){
        return s1.toLowerCase().compareTo(s2.toLowerCase());
    }
});

answered Nov 9, 2012 at 19:16

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Christophe Roussy Over a year ago

Use compareToIgnoreCase instead of this answer.

Lars Gendner Over a year ago

@Mordechai's approach as well as compareToIgnoreCase are not correct, since both return 0 when comparing "a" and "A". In a sorting context, this is not correct. Upper- and lower case versions of a character should be put in a well-defined order.

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