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//: arrays/StringSorting.java 
// Sorting an array of Strings. 
import java.util.*; 
import net.mindview.util.*; 
import static net.mindview.util.Print.*; 
 
public class StringSorting { 
  public static void main(String[] args) { 
    String[] sa = Generated.array(new String[20], 
      new RandomGenerator.String(5)); 
    print("Before sort: " + Arrays.toString(sa)); 
    Arrays.sort(sa); 
    print("After sort: " + Arrays.toString(sa)); 
    Arrays.sort(sa, Collections.reverseOrder()); 
    print("Reverse sort: " + Arrays.toString(sa)); 
    Arrays.sort(sa, String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER); 
    print("Case-insensitive sort: " + Arrays.toString(sa)); 
  } 
} /* Output: 
Before sort: [YNzbr, nyGcF, OWZnT, cQrGs, eGZMm, JMRoE, suEcU, OneOE, dLsmw, HLGEa, hKcxr, EqUCB, bkIna, Mesbt, WHkjU, rUkZP, gwsqP, zDyCy, RFJQA, HxxHv] 
After sort: [EqUCB, HLGEa, HxxHv, JMRoE, Mesbt, OWZnT, OneOE, RFJQA, WHkjU, YNzbr, bkIna, cQrGs, dLsmw, eGZMm, gwsqP, hKcxr, nyGcF, rUkZP, suEcU, zDyCy] 
Reverse sort: [zDyCy, suEcU, rUkZP, nyGcF, hKcxr, gwsqP, eGZMm, dLsmw, cQrGs, bkIna, YNzbr, WHkjU, RFJQA, OneOE, OWZnT, Mesbt, JMRoE, HxxHv, HLGEa, EqUCB] 
Case-insensitive sort: [bkIna, cQrGs, dLsmw, eGZMm, EqUCB, gwsqP, hKcxr, HLGEa, HxxHv, JMRoE, Mesbt, nyGcF, OneOE, OWZnT, RFJQA, rUkZP, suEcU, WHkjU, YNzbr, zDyCy] 
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