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Sort an array of integer where the integer are very large and they need to be stored at string.
import java.util.*;
import java.util.Comparator;
class CompareData implements Comparator<String> {
@Override
public int compare(String date1, String date2) {
if(date1.length() > date2.length()) {
return 1;
}
else if (date1.length() < date2.length()) {
return -1;
} else if (date1.length() == date2.length()) {
return date1.compareTo(date2);
}
return 0;
}
}
class Test{
public static void main(String[] args){
List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
list.add("1234567890123456789012345678901234567890");
list.add("1234567890123456789012345678901234567899");
list.add("1234567890123456789012345678901234567896");
list.add("123456789");
list.add("123456788");
// System.out.println("Before sorting: " + list);
Collections.sort(list, new CompareData());
System.out.println("After sorting: " + list);
}
}
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