array to sort names in alphabetical order

[leoshiner]

just trying to complete a tutorial on constructing a basic array to sort names in alphabetical order and still cannot get it to work would be grateful for any help

package introtoarrays1;


public class IntroToArrays1 {


public static void main(String[] args) {

String [] name = new String[6];

String tempStr;


name[0]="Bob";
name[1]="Jenny";
name[2]="Charlie";
name[3]="Jerry";
name[4]="Roberta";
name[5]="Anita";


for(int t=0;t<name.length-1;t++){

for (int i = 0; i < name.length - 1; i++) {

if (name[i].compareTo(name[1 + 1]) > 0) {
tempStr = name[i];
name[i] = name[i + 1];
name[i + 1] = tempStr;
}
}

}
for(int i=0;i<name.length;i++){
System.out.println(name[i]);
}











}

}

[ojn]

Help with what? And don't say "How to fix it", ask a specific question. Here are some for you:

1. Does the code compile?
2. If so, what's the output?
3. If it doesn't, what's the exact error messages you get and on which lines do they occur?

if (name[i].compareTo(name[1 + 1])

looks weird. Did you mean i +1?

[sunde887]

What results do you get? Also, did the tutorial give you the code, or suggest that you try it out? If you want to learn to manually sort that's fine, I would like to point out that you can call the static arrays method Arrays.sort.

[leoshiner]

yeah Ojn that's exactly what the problem was,thanks very much,the program was running without error but I didn't realise because the characters are so similar

[leoshiner]

What results do you get? Also, did the tutorial give you the code, or suggest that you try it out? If you want to learn to manually sort that's fine, I would like to point out that you can call the static arrays method Arrays.sort.

thanks I'm just going back to basics to get a better understanding of arrays

[sunde887]

Alright, don't be afraid to come here with any help you may need, the people here are very helpful. If you are done with this thread please mark it solved with the thread tools at the top of the page.

[leoshiner]

will do,thanks again