how to quicksort a string array in java
package com.javacodegeeks.sorting.quicksort; public class QuicksortStringExample { private static String []a; public static void main(String[] args) { // Get an String array a = new String[]{"X","E","C","A"}; // prints the given array printArray(); // sort the array sort(); System.out.println(""); //prints the sorted array printArray(); } // This method sort an array internally and internally calls quickSort public static void sort(){ int left = 0; int right = a.length-1; quickSort(left, right); } // This method is used to sort the array using quicksort algorithm. // It takes left and the right end of the array as two cursors private static void quickSort(int left,int right){ // If both cursor scanned the complete array quicksort exits if(left >= right) return; // Pivot using median of 3 approach String pivot = getMedian(left, right); int partition = partition(left, right, pivot); // Recursively, calls the quicksort with the different left and right parameters of the sub-array quickSort(0, partition-1); quickSort(partition+1, right); } // This method is used to partition the given array and returns the integer which points to the sorted pivot index private static int partition(int left,int right,String pivot){ int leftCursor = left-1; int rightCursor = right; while(leftCursor < rightCursor){ while(((Comparable<String>)a[++leftCursor]).compareTo(pivot) < 0); while(rightCursor > 0 && ((Comparable<String>)a[--rightCursor]).compareTo(pivot) > 0); if(leftCursor >= rightCursor){ break; }else{ swap(leftCursor, rightCursor); } } swap(leftCursor, right); return leftCursor; } public static String getMedian(int left,int right){ int center = (left+right)/2; if(((Comparable<String>)a[left]).compareTo(a[center]) > 0) swap(left,center); if(((Comparable<String>)a[left]).compareTo(a[right]) > 0) swap(left, right); if(((Comparable<String>)a[center]).compareTo(a[right]) > 0) swap(center, right); swap(center, right); return a[right]; } // This method is used to swap the values between the two given index public static void swap(int left,int right){ String temp = a[left]; a[left] = a[right]; a[right] = temp; } public static void printArray(){ for(String i : a){ System.out.print(i+" "); } } }