Arrays.sort() in java
// how to sort an array of strings in descending import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.Collections; public class SortStringAlphabeticalOrder { public static void main(String[] args) { String[] strDesc = {"Bear","Fox","Deer","Cheetah","Anteater","Elephant"}; System.out.println("Before sorting: "); for(String string : strDesc) { System.out.println(string); } // arrays.sort Arrays.sort(strDesc, Collections.reverseOrder()); System.out.println("-----------------------------------"); System.out.println("Sorting string array in descending or reverse order: "); for(String string : strDesc) { System.out.println(string); } } }