I need help to do my exercises. I want to replace letters ‘a’ with an ‘e’ in a phrase. For the input: "are you angry" the output should be: "ere you engry".
I tried this but I can't fix it.
public static void main (String [] args){
String s= "are you angry";
remplaceLettre(s);
}
public static void remplaceLettre(String s){
char converted = 0;
String w = "e";
for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
if (s.charAt(i) =='a') {
converted = Character.toUpperCase(s.charAt(i));
w = s.replace(s.charAt(i), converted);
s = w;
} else {
converted = Character.toUpperCase(s.charAt(i));
w = s.replace(s.charAt(i), converted);
s = w;
}
}
System.out.println(s);
}
}
output : "are you angry"
Expected output : "ere you engry"
You can use String.replace method like this:
public static void remplaceLettre(String s){
System.out.println(s.replace("a", "e"));
}
If you must use case insensitive replace try this:
s.replaceAll("(?i)a", "e")
package com.khan.vaquar;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String str = "are you angry";
char replaceWith = 'e';
int index[] = { 0, 8 }; //here you can add index want to replace
replaceLettre(str, replaceWith, index);
}
public static String replaceLettre(String str, char ch, int[] index) {
if (null == str) {
return str;
}
char[] chars = str.toCharArray();
for (int i = 0; i < index.length; i++) {
chars[index[i]] = ch;
}
System.out.println(String.valueOf(chars));
return String.valueOf(chars);
}
}
Output : ere you engry
I'm trying to make altcase.
Most of the program works except where I ad the strings together on both the if and else statement. (where newstr = newstr....)
If this were to run, it should output
'I HoPe aLtCaSe wOrKs'
public class tester {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(altCase("i hope altcase works"));
}
public static String altCase(String text)
{
int COUNT = text.length();
char c;
int check = 0;
String newstr = "";
for (int i = 0; i < COUNT; i++)
{
c = text.charAt(i);
if(check == 0) {
c = c.toUpperCase();
newstr = newstr + c;
check++;
}
else {
c = c.toLowerCase();
newstr = newstr + c;
check--;
}
}
return newstr;
}
}
The code should be like this
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(altCase("i hope altcase works"));
}
public static String altCase(String text)
{
int COUNT = text.length();
char c;
int check = 0;
String newstr = "";
for (int i = 0; i < COUNT; i++)
{
c = text.charAt(i);
if(c==' ') {
newstr = newstr + c;
continue;
}
if(check == 0) {
c = (char)(c-32);
newstr = newstr + c;
check++;
}
else {
newstr = newstr + c;
check--;
}
}
return newstr;
}
If you need a solution without using toUpperCase() or toLowerCase(), I suggest you to try this out.
public class Tester {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(altCase("i hope altcase works"));
}
public static String altCase(String text) {
char[] array = text.toCharArray();
text ="";
for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
text += (i%2!=0)?array[i]:Tester.utilityToUpper(array[i]);
}
return text;
}
public static char utilityToUpper(char i){
return (char) ((i!=' ')? (i - 32) : i);
}
}
I would call String.toCharArray() and then convert even indices to uppercase with Character.toUpperCase(char) and odd indices to lowercase with Character.toLowerCase(char). Finally, return a new String based on the updated char[]. Like,
public static String altCase(String text) {
char[] arr = text.toCharArray();
for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
if (i % 2 == 0) {
arr[i] = Character.toUpperCase(arr[i]);
} else {
arr[i] = Character.toLowerCase(arr[i]);
}
}
return new String(arr);
}
On reflection, we can improve that by converting the input to upper case first, and then only changing odd elements to lower-case. Like,
public static String altCase(String text) {
char[] arr = text.toUpperCase().toCharArray();
for (int i = 1; i < arr.length; i += 2) {
arr[i] = Character.toLowerCase(arr[i]);
}
return new String(arr);
}
I'm assuming input isn't always strictly lower-case. If it is, then it would be trivial to skip the up-front case conversion and apply the same approach to the even indices. Like,
public static String altCase(String text) {
char[] arr = text.toCharArray();
for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i += 2) {
arr[i] = Character.toUpperCase(arr[i]);
}
return new String(arr);
}
I have "Hello World" kept in a String variable named hi.
I need to print it, but reversed.
How can I do this? I understand there is some kind of a function already built-in into Java that does that.
Related: Reverse each individual word of “Hello World” string with Java
You can use this:
new StringBuilder(hi).reverse().toString()
StringBuilder was added in Java 5. For versions prior to Java 5, the StringBuffer class can be used instead — it has the same API.
For Online Judges problems that does not allow StringBuilder or StringBuffer, you can do it in place using char[] as following:
public static String reverse(String input){
char[] in = input.toCharArray();
int begin=0;
int end=in.length-1;
char temp;
while(end>begin){
temp = in[begin];
in[begin]=in[end];
in[end] = temp;
end--;
begin++;
}
return new String(in);
}
public static String reverseIt(String source) {
int i, len = source.length();
StringBuilder dest = new StringBuilder(len);
for (i = (len - 1); i >= 0; i--){
dest.append(source.charAt(i));
}
return dest.toString();
}
http://www.java2s.com/Code/Java/Language-Basics/ReverseStringTest.htm
String string="whatever";
String reverse = new StringBuffer(string).reverse().toString();
System.out.println(reverse);
I am doing this by using the following two ways:
Reverse string by CHARACTERS:
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Using traditional approach
String result="";
for(int i=string.length()-1; i>=0; i--) {
result = result + string.charAt(i);
}
System.out.println(result);
// Using StringBuffer class
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(string);
System.out.println(buffer.reverse());
}
Reverse string by WORDS:
public static void reverseStringByWords(String string) {
StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
String[] words = string.split(" ");
for (int j = words.length-1; j >= 0; j--) {
stringBuilder.append(words[j]).append(' ');
}
System.out.println("Reverse words: " + stringBuilder);
}
Take a look at the Java 6 API under StringBuffer
String s = "sample";
String result = new StringBuffer(s).reverse().toString();
Here is an example using recursion:
public void reverseString() {
String alphabet = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
String reverseAlphabet = reverse(alphabet, alphabet.length()-1);
}
String reverse(String stringToReverse, int index){
if(index == 0){
return stringToReverse.charAt(0) + "";
}
char letter = stringToReverse.charAt(index);
return letter + reverse(stringToReverse, index-1);
}
Here is a low level solution:
import java.util.Scanner;
public class class1 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
String inpStr = in.nextLine();
System.out.println("Original String :" + inpStr);
char temp;
char[] arr = inpStr.toCharArray();
int len = arr.length;
for(int i=0; i<(inpStr.length())/2; i++,len--){
temp = arr[i];
arr[i] = arr[len-1];
arr[len-1] = temp;
}
System.out.println("Reverse String :" + String.valueOf(arr));
}
}
I tried, just for fun, by using a Stack. Here my code:
public String reverseString(String s) {
Stack<Character> stack = new Stack<>();
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
stack.push(s.charAt(i));
}
while (!stack.empty()) {
sb.append(stack.pop());
}
return sb.toString();
}
Since the below method (using XOR) to reverse a string is not listed, I am attaching this method to reverse a string.
The Algorithm is based on :
1.(A XOR B) XOR B = A
2.(A XOR B) XOR A = B
Code snippet:
public class ReverseUsingXOR {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String str = "prateek";
reverseUsingXOR(str.toCharArray());
}
/*Example:
* str= prateek;
* str[low]=p;
* str[high]=k;
* str[low]=p^k;
* str[high]=(p^k)^k =p;
* str[low]=(p^k)^p=k;
*
* */
public static void reverseUsingXOR(char[] str) {
int low = 0;
int high = str.length - 1;
while (low < high) {
str[low] = (char) (str[low] ^ str[high]);
str[high] = (char) (str[low] ^ str[high]);
str[low] = (char) (str[low] ^ str[high]);
low++;
high--;
}
//display reversed string
for (int i = 0; i < str.length; i++) {
System.out.print(str[i]);
}
}
}
Output:
keetarp
As others have pointed out the preferred way is to use:
new StringBuilder(hi).reverse().toString()
But if you want to implement this by yourself, I'm afraid that the rest of responses have flaws.
The reason is that String represents a list of Unicode points, encoded in a char[] array according to the variable-length encoding: UTF-16.
This means some code points use a single element of the array (one code unit) but others use two of them, so there might be pairs of characters that must be treated as a single unit (consecutive "high" and "low" surrogates).
public static String reverseString(String s) {
char[] chars = new char[s.length()];
boolean twoCharCodepoint = false;
for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
chars[s.length() - 1 - i] = s.charAt(i);
if (twoCharCodepoint) {
swap(chars, s.length() - 1 - i, s.length() - i);
}
twoCharCodepoint = !Character.isBmpCodePoint(s.codePointAt(i));
}
return new String(chars);
}
private static void swap(char[] array, int i, int j) {
char temp = array[i];
array[i] = array[j];
array[j] = temp;
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("C:/temp/reverse-string.txt");
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("Linear B Syllable B008 A: ");
sb.appendCodePoint(65536); //http://unicode-table.com/es/#10000
sb.append(".");
fos.write(sb.toString().getBytes("UTF-16"));
fos.write("\n".getBytes("UTF-16"));
fos.write(reverseString(sb.toString()).getBytes("UTF-16"));
}
Using charAt() method
String name = "gaurav";
String reversedString = "";
for(int i = name.length()-1; i>=0; i--){
reversedString = reversedString + name.charAt(i);
}
System.out.println(reversedString);
Using toCharArray() method
String name = "gaurav";
char [] stringCharArray = name.toCharArray();
String reversedString = "";
for(int i = stringCharArray.length-1; i>=0; i--) {
reversedString = reversedString + stringCharArray[i];
}
System.out.println(reversedString);
Using reverse() method of the Stringbuilder
String name = "gaurav";
String reversedString = new StringBuilder(name).reverse().toString();
System.out.println(reversedString);
Check https://coderolls.com/reverse-a-string-in-java/
It is very simple in minimum code of lines
public class ReverseString {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String s1 = "neelendra";
for(int i=s1.length()-1;i>=0;i--)
{
System.out.print(s1.charAt(i));
}
}
}
This did the trick for me
public static void main(String[] args) {
String text = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
for (int i = (text.length() - 1); i >= 0; i--) {
System.out.print(text.charAt(i));
}
}
1. Using Character Array:
public String reverseString(String inputString) {
char[] inputStringArray = inputString.toCharArray();
String reverseString = "";
for (int i = inputStringArray.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
reverseString += inputStringArray[i];
}
return reverseString;
}
2. Using StringBuilder:
public String reverseString(String inputString) {
StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder(inputString);
stringBuilder = stringBuilder.reverse();
return stringBuilder.toString();
}
OR
return new StringBuilder(inputString).reverse().toString();
System.out.print("Please enter your name: ");
String name = keyboard.nextLine();
String reverse = new StringBuffer(name).reverse().toString();
String rev = reverse.toLowerCase();
System.out.println(rev);
I used this method to turn names backwards and into lower case.
One natural way to reverse a String is to use a StringTokenizer and a stack. Stack is a class that implements an easy-to-use last-in, first-out (LIFO) stack of objects.
String s = "Hello My name is Sufiyan";
Put it in the stack frontwards
Stack<String> myStack = new Stack<>();
StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(s);
while (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
myStack.push(st.nextToken());
}
Print the stack backwards
System.out.print('"' + s + '"' + " backwards by word is:\n\t\"");
while (!myStack.empty()) {
System.out.print(myStack.pop());
System.out.print(' ');
}
System.out.println('"');
public String reverse(String s) {
String reversedString = "";
for(int i=s.length(); i>0; i--) {
reversedString += s.charAt(i-1);
}
return reversedString;
}
public class Test {
public static void main(String args[]) {
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer("Game Plan");
buffer.reverse();
System.out.println(buffer);
}
}
All above solution is too good but here I am making reverse string using recursive programming.
This is helpful for who is looking recursive way of doing reverse string.
public class ReversString {
public static void main(String args[]) {
char s[] = "Dhiral Pandya".toCharArray();
String r = new String(reverse(0, s));
System.out.println(r);
}
public static char[] reverse(int i, char source[]) {
if (source.length / 2 == i) {
return source;
}
char t = source[i];
source[i] = source[source.length - 1 - i];
source[source.length - 1 - i] = t;
i++;
return reverse(i, source);
}
}
You can also try this:
public class StringReverse {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String str = "Dogs hates cats";
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(str);
System.out.println(sb.reverse());
}
}
Procedure :
We can use split() to split the string .Then use reverse loop and add the characters.
Code snippet:
class test
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
String str = "world";
String[] split= str.split("");
String revers = "";
for (int i = split.length-1; i>=0; i--)
{
revers += split[i];
}
System.out.printf("%s", revers);
}
}
//output : dlrow
It gets the value you typed and returns it reversed ;)
public static String reverse (String a){
char[] rarray = a.toCharArray();
String finalvalue = "";
for (int i = 0; i < rarray.length; i++)
{
finalvalue += rarray[rarray.length - 1 - i];
}
return finalvalue;
}
public String reverseWords(String s) {
String reversedWords = "";
if(s.length()<=0) {
return reversedWords;
}else if(s.length() == 1){
if(s == " "){
return "";
}
return s;
}
char arr[] = s.toCharArray();
int j = arr.length-1;
while(j >= 0 ){
if( arr[j] == ' '){
reversedWords+=arr[j];
}else{
String temp="";
while(j>=0 && arr[j] != ' '){
temp+=arr[j];
j--;
}
j++;
temp = reverseWord(temp);
reversedWords+=temp;
}
j--;
}
String[] chk = reversedWords.split(" ");
if(chk == null || chk.length == 0){
return "";
}
return reversedWords;
}
public String reverseWord(String s){
char[] arr = s.toCharArray();
for(int i=0,j=arr.length-1;i<=j;i++,j--){
char tmp = arr[i];
arr[i] = arr[j];
arr[j] = tmp;
}
return String.valueOf(arr);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
String str = "Prashant";
int len = str.length();
char[] c = new char[len];
for (int j = len - 1, i = 0; j >= 0; j--, i++) {
c[i] = str.charAt(j);
}
str = String.copyValueOf(c);
System.out.println(str);
}
public void reverString(){
System.out.println("Enter value");
BufferedReader br=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
try{
String str=br.readLine();
char[] charArray=str.toCharArray();
for(int i=charArray.length-1; i>=0; i--){
System.out.println(charArray[i]);
}
}
catch(IOException ex){
}
recursion:
public String stringReverse(String string) {
if (string == null || string.length() == 0) {
return string;
}
return stringReverse(string.substring(1)) + string.charAt(0);
}
Sequence of characters (or) StringString's Family:
String testString = "Yashwanth#777"; // ~1 1⁄4→D800₁₆«2²⁰
Using Java 8 Stream API
First we convert String into stream by using method CharSequence.chars(), then we use the method IntStream.range to generate a sequential stream of numbers. Then we map this sequence of stream into String.
public static String reverseString_Stream(String str) {
IntStream cahrStream = str.chars();
final int[] array = cahrStream.map( x -> x ).toArray();
int from = 0, upTo = array.length;
IntFunction<String> reverseMapper = (i) -> ( Character.toString((char) array[ (upTo - i) + (from - 1) ]) );
String reverseString = IntStream.range(from, upTo) // for (int i = from; i < upTo ; i++) { ... }
.mapToObj( reverseMapper ) // array[ lastElement ]
.collect(Collectors.joining()) // Joining stream of elements together into a String.
.toString(); // This object (which is already a string!) is itself returned.
System.out.println("Reverse Stream as String : "+ reverseString);
return reverseString;
}
Using a Traditional for Loop
If you want to reverse the string then we need to follow these steps.
Convert String into an Array of Characters.
Iterate over an array in reverse order, append each Character to temporary string variable until the last character.
public static String reverseString( String reverse ) {
if( reverse != null && reverse != "" && reverse.length() > 0 ) {
char[] arr = reverse.toCharArray();
String temp = "";
for( int i = arr.length-1; i >= 0; i-- ) {
temp += arr[i];
}
System.out.println("Reverse String : "+ temp);
}
return null;
}
Easy way to Use reverse method provided form StringBuffer or StringBuilder Classes
StringBuilder and StringBuffer are mutable sequence of characters. That means one can change the value of these object's.
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(str);
System.out.println("StringBuffer - reverse : "+ buffer.reverse() );
String builderString = (new StringBuilder(str)).reverse().toString;
System.out.println("StringBuilder generated reverse String : "+ builderString );
StringBuffer has the same methods as the StringBuilder, but each method in StringBuffer is synchronized so it is thread safe.
public static String revString(String str){
char[] revCharArr = str.toCharArray();
for (int i=0; i< str.length()/2; i++){
char f = revCharArr[i];
char l = revCharArr[str.length()-i-1];
revCharArr[i] = l;
revCharArr[str.length()-i-1] = f;
}
String revStr = new String(revCharArr);
return revStr;
}
Simple For loop in java
public void reverseString(char[] s) {
int length = s.length;
for (int i = 0; i < s.length / 2; i++) {
// swaping character
char temp = s[length - i - 1];
s[length - i - 1] = s[i];
s[i] = temp;
}
}
I need to write a static method that takes a String as a parameter and returns a new String obtained by replacing every instance of repeated adjacent letters with a single instance of that letter without using regular expressions. For example if I enter "maaaakkee" as a String, it returns "make".
I already tried the following code, but it doesn't seem to display the last character.
Here's my code:
import java.util.Scanner;
public class undouble {
public static void main(String [] args){
Scanner console = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("enter String: ");
String str = console.nextLine();
System.out.println(removeSpaces(str));
}
public static String removeSpaces(String str){
String ourString="";
int j = 0;
for (int i=0; i<str.length()-1 ; i++){
j = i+1;
if(str.charAt(i)!=str.charAt(j)){
ourString+=str.charAt(i);
}
}
return ourString;
}
}
You could use regular expressions for that.
For instance:
String input = "ddooooonnneeeeee";
System.out.println(input.replaceAll("(.)\\1{1,}", "$1"));
Output:
done
Pattern explanation:
"(.)\\1{1,}" means any character (added to group 1) followed by itself at least once
"$1" references contents of group 1
maybe:
for (int i=1; i<str.length() ; i++){
j = i+1;
if(str.charAt(i)!=str.charAt(j)){
ourString+=str.charAt(i);
}
}
The problem is with your condition. You say compare i and i+1 in each iteration and in last iteration you have both i and j pointing to same location so it will never print the last character. Try this unleass you want to use regex to achive this:
EDIT:
public void removeSpaces(String str){
String ourString="";
for (int i=0; i<str.length()-1 ; i++){
if(i==0){
ourString = ""+str.charAt(i);
}else{
if(str.charAt(i-1) != str.charAt(i)){
ourString = ourString +str.charAt(i);
}
}
}
System.out.println(ourString);
}
if you cannot use replace or replaceAll, here is an alternative. O(2n), O(N) for stockage and O(N) for creating the string. It removes all repeated chars in the string put them in a stringbuilder.
input : abcdef , output : abcdef
input : aabbcdeef, output : cdf
private static String remove_repeated_char(String str)
{
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
HashMap<Character, Integer> items = new HashMap<>();
for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++)
{
Character current = str.charAt(i);
Integer ocurrence = items.get(current);
if (ocurrence == null)
items.put(current, 1);
else
items.put(current, ocurrence + 1);
}
for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++)
{
Character current = str.charAt(i);
Integer ocurrence = items.get(current);
if (ocurrence == 1)
result.append(current);
}
return result.toString();
}
import java.util.*;
public class string2 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
//removes repeat character from array
Scanner sc=new Scanner(System.in);
StringBuffer sf=new StringBuffer();
System.out.println("enter a string");
sf.append(sc.nextLine());
System.out.println("string="+sf);
int i=0;
while( i<sf.length())
{
int j=1+i;
while(j<sf.length())
{
if(sf.charAt(i)==sf.charAt(j))
{
sf.deleteCharAt(j);
}
else
{
j=j+1;
}
}
i=i+1;
}
System.out.println("string="+sf);
}
}
Input AABBBccDDD, Output BD
Input ABBCDDA, Outout C
private String reducedString(String s){
char[] arr = s.toCharArray();
String newString = "";
Map<Character,Integer> map = new HashMap<Character,Integer>();
map.put(arr[0],1);
for(int index=1;index<s.length();index++)
{
Character key = arr[index];
int value;
if(map.get(key) ==null)
{
value =0;
}
else
{
value = map.get(key);
}
value = value+1;
map.put(key,value);
}
Set<Character> keyset = map.keySet();
for(Character c: keyset)
{
int value = map.get(c);
if(value%2 !=0)
{
newString+=c;
}
}
newString = newString.equals("")?"Empty String":newString;
return newString;
}
public class RemoveDuplicateCharecterInString {
static String input = new String("abbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbccccd");
static String output = "";
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); i++) {
char temp = input.charAt(i);
boolean check = false;
for (int j = 0; j < output.length(); j++) {
if (output.charAt(j) == input.charAt(i)) {
check = true;
}
}
if (!check) {
output = output + input.charAt(i);
}
}
System.out.println(" " + output);
}
}
Answer : abcd
public class RepeatedChar {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String rS = "maaaakkee";
String outCome= rS.charAt(0)+"";
int count =0;
char [] cA =rS.toCharArray();
for(int i =0; i+1<cA.length; ++i) {
if(rS.charAt(i) != rS.charAt(i+1)) {
outCome += rS.charAt(i+1);
}
}
System.out.println(outCome);
}
}
TO WRITE JAVA PROGRAM TO REMOVE REPEATED CHARACTERS:
package replace;
public class removingrepeatedcharacters
{
public static void main(String...args){
int i,j=0,count=0;
String str="noordeen";
String str2="noordeen";
char[] ch=str.toCharArray();
for(i=0;i<=5;i++)
{
count=0;
for(j=0;j<str2.length();j++)
{
if(ch[i]==str2.charAt(j))
{
count++;
System.out.println("at the index "+j +"position "+ch[i]+ "+ count is"+count);
if(count>=2){
str=str2;
str2=str.replaceFirst(Character.toString(ch[j]),Character.toString(' '));
}
System.out.println("after replacing " +str2);
}
}
}
}
}
String outstr = "";
String outstring = "";
for(int i = 0; i < str.length() - 1; i++) {
if(str.charAt(i) != str.charAt(i + 1)) {
outstr = outstr + str.charAt(i);
}
outstring = outstr + str.charAt(i);
}
System.out.println(outstring);
public static void remove_duplicates(String str){
String outstr="";
String outstring="";
for(int i=0;i<str.length()-1;i++) {
if(str.charAt(i)!=str.charAt(i+1)) {
outstr=outstr+str.charAt(i);
}
outstring=outstr+str.charAt(i);
}
System.out.println(outstring);
}
More fun with java 7:
System.out.println("11223344445555".replaceAll("(?<nums>.+)\\k<nums>+","${nums}"));
No more cryptic numbers in regexes.
public static String removeDuplicates(String str) {
String str2 = "" + str.charAt(0);
for (int i = 1; i < str.length(); i++) {
if (str.charAt(i - 1) == str.charAt(i) && i != 0) {
continue;
}
str2 = str2 + str.charAt(i);
}
return str2;
}
i have two strings s1 and s2 and i would like to sort s2 based on the order of appearance of letters in s1 and if other alphabets are left in s2 sort them alphabetically.
Assume i have the following;
String s1 = "war";
String s2 = "Its awesome being a programmer";
output: waaarrrIbeeeeggimmmnoopsst.
I have written a code to do that already though buut i was wondering if its possible using the comparator/comparable interface to solve it.
Listed below is my code snippet.
public class Sort {
private static String a = "war";
private static String b = "Its awesome being a programmer";
static List<Character> list = new ArrayList<>();
static public void main(String[] args) {
Character s;
Character x;
System.out.println("String to be sorted: '" + b + "'");
System.out.println("Key for sort: '" + a + "'");
/*
* put all the string in a list
*/
for (int i = 0; i < b.length(); i++) {
s = b.charAt(i);
if (s != ' ') {
list.add(s);
}
}
/*
* compare individual chac in key with individaul char in string to sort
*/
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
for (int j = 0; j < a.length(); j++) {
x = a.charAt(j);
for (int k = 0; k < b.length(); k++) {
s = b.charAt(k);
if (x == s) {
sb.append(s);
list.remove(x);
}
}
}
/*
* check if list is empty if not, sort and append the rest to the stringbuilder
*/
if (!list.isEmpty()) {
Collections.sort(list);
for (char c : list) {
sb.append(c);
}
}
System.out.println("Sorted version of string: '" + sb.toString() + "'");
}
}
private static String a = "war";
private static String b = "Its awesome being a programmer".replace(" ","");
private static String answer = "waaarrrIbeeeeggimmmnoopsst";
public static void main(String[] args) {
List<String> characters = new ArrayList<String>(b.length());
for (int i=0;i<b.length();i++){
characters.add(String.valueOf(b.charAt(i)));
}
Collections.sort(characters,new CompareIt(a));
String sortedString = listToString(characters);
System.out.println(sortedString);
System.out.println(answer);
System.out.println(answer.equals(sortedString));
}
private static String listToString(List<String> listOfStrings){
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
for (String str : listOfStrings){
builder.append(str);
}
return builder.toString();
}
private static class CompareIt implements Comparator<String>{
private final String source;
public CompareIt(String source) {
super();
this.source = source;
}
public int compare(String o1, String o2) {
int i1 = source.indexOf(o1);
int i2 = source.indexOf(o2);
if (i1==-1 && i2!=-1){
return 1;
} else if (i1!=-1 && i2==-1){
return -1;
} else if (i1!=-1 && i2!=-1){
return i1 > i2 ? 1:-1;
} else {
return o1.compareTo(o2);
}
}
}
This seems to work.
EDITED: To include sysout that result matches expected answer provided in question.
EDIT2: Typo with final indexed comparison I had ? 1:0 instead of 1:-1.
public static void main(String[] args) {
String s1 = "war";
String s2 = "Its awesome being a programmer";
String result = "";
for (int i = 0; i < s1.length(); i++) {
int len = s2.length()
- s2.replace(String.valueOf(s1.charAt(i)), "").length();
s2 = s2.replace(String.valueOf(s1.charAt(i)), "").replace(" ", "");
for (int j = 0; j < len; j++)
result = result + String.valueOf(s1.charAt(i));
}
char[] remaining = s2.toCharArray();
Arrays.sort(remaining);
for (Character c : remaining)
result = result + String.valueOf(c);
System.out.println(result);
}
Try this: I tried without using any interface.
Output:
waaarrrIbeeeeggimmmnoopsst
public static Comparator<Character> compareOn(final String key) {
return new Comparator<Character>() {
public int compare(Character c1, Character c2) {
final int indexInKey1 = key.indexOf(c1);
final int indexInKey2 = key.indexOf(c2);
final int result;
if (indexInKey1 == -1 && indexInKey2 == -1) {
result = c1.compareTo(c2); //fall back to natural ordering
} else {
if (indexInKey1 == -1) {
result = 1;
} else if (indexInKey2 == -1) {
result = -1;
} else {
result = indexInKey1 - indexInKey2;
}
}
return result;
}
};
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
final String a = "war";
final String b = "Its awesome being a programmer";
final List<Character> chars = new ArrayList<Character>();
for (char c: b.toCharArray()) {
if (c != ' ') {
chars.add(c);
}
}
Collections.sort(chars, compareOn(a));
System.out.println(chars);
}