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Class spec.harness.QuickSort

spec.harness.QuickSort

public class QuickSort

QuickSort()

compare(String, String)

Compares two strings lexicographically.

sort(String)

Sorts the sub strings (which are seperated by "\n") in a string

sort(String, boolean)

Tokenizes the given string by looking for '\n' and sorts the resulting string array.

sort(String[])

Sorts the string array passed

startSort(String[])

Starts the sorting of strings.

 public QuickSort()

 public void startSort(String userArray[])

Starts the sorting of strings.

Parameters:

userArray - Array of String objects to be sorted

 public int compare(String a,
                    String b)

Compares two strings lexicographically. The comparison is based on the Unicode value of each character in the strings.

Parameters:

a - First string

b - Second string

Returns:

the value 0 if the argument string is equal to this string; a value less than 0 if this string is lexicographically less than the string argument; and a value greater than 0 if this string is lexicographically greater than the string argument.

 public static String[] sort(String args[])

Sorts the string array passed

Parameters:

args - Array of strings to be sorted

 public static String sort(String text,
                           boolean comments)

Tokenizes the given string by looking for '\n' and sorts the resulting string array. Constructs back the string object with the sorted entries and returns the resultant string object.

Parameters:

text - Text to be sorted

comments - Flag indicating whether the resulting string should have line feeds or not

 public static String sort(String text)

Sorts the sub strings (which are seperated by "\n") in a string

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