java.util.Arrays sort(byte[] a)
Description
On this document we will be showing a java example on how to use the sort(byte[] a) method of Arrays Class. Basically the sort(byte[] a) method Sorts the specified array into ascending numerical order. The sort() method is overloaded in such a way that each primitive data type is handled. On this example we will be showing the sorting of bytes.
Notes:
- The sorting algorithm is a Dual-Pivot Quicksort by Vladimir Yaroslavskiy, Jon Bentley, and Joshua Bloch. This algorithm offers O(n log(n)) performance on many data sets that cause other quicksorts to degrade to quadratic performance, and is typically faster than traditional (one-pivot) Quicksort implementations.
- This method will yield the same result as sort(bytes[] a, int fromIndex, int toIndex) method on such cases that the fromIndex is 0 and endIndex is equal to length. In short Arrays.sort(byte[] a) is equals to Arrays.sort(byte[] a, 0,a.length).
Method Syntax
public static void sort(byte[] a)
Method Argument
Data Type | Parameter | Description |
---|---|---|
byte[] | a | the array to be sorted |
Method Returns
The sort(byte[] a) method returns void.
Compatibility
Requires Java 1.2 and up
Java Arrays sort(byte[] a) Example
Below is a java code demonstrates the use of sort(byte[] a) method of Arrays class. The example presented might be simple however it shows the behavior of the sort(byte[] a) method.
package com.javatutorialhq.java.examples; import java.util.Arrays; /* * A java example source code to demonstrate * the use of sort(byte[] a) method of Arrays class */ public class ArraysSortByteExample { public static void main(String[] args) { // initialize a new String array byte[] a = new byte[]{1,7,3,9,0}; // print the contents of array of bytes System.out.println("Original:"+Arrays.toString(a)); // sort our array of bytes in ascending order Arrays.sort(a); // print the sorted array of bytes System.out.println("Sorted:"+Arrays.toString(a)); } }
The above java example source code demonstrates the use of sort(byte[] a) method of Arrays class. We simply declare a new byte Array and we printed the values using the toString() method of Arrays class. Then we sorted the byte array using the sort() method and the sorted values were also printed the same way as what we did on the original/unsorted array.