edu.princeton.cs.algorithms

Class Selection

java.lang.Object

edu.princeton.cs.algorithms.Selection

public class Selection
extends Object

The Selection class provides static methods for sorting an array using selection sort.

For additional documentation, see Section 2.1 of Algorithms, 4th Edition by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne.

Author:

Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	main(String[] args) Reads in a sequence of strings from standard input; selection sorts them; and prints them to standard output in ascending order.
static void	sort(Comparable[] a) Rearranges the array in ascending order, using the natural order.
static void	sort(Object[] a, Comparator c) Rearranges the array in ascending order, using a comparator.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

sort

public static void sort(Comparable[] a)

Rearranges the array in ascending order, using the natural order.

Parameters:

a - the array to be sorted

sort

public static void sort(Object[] a,
        Comparator c)

Rearranges the array in ascending order, using a comparator.

Parameters:

a - the array

c - the comparator specifying the order

main

public static void main(String[] args)

Reads in a sequence of strings from standard input; selection sorts them; and prints them to standard output in ascending order.