
Sorting Algorithm

This is a sorting algorithm.   It may be applied to a set of data in order to sort it.    
For comparing various sorts, see compare sorts.  
For other sorting algorithms,   see sorting algorithms,   or:

O(n logn) sorts
Heap sort |
Merge sort |
Patience sort |
Quick sort
O(n log2n) sorts
Shell Sort
O(n2) sorts
Bubble sort |
Cocktail sort |
Cocktail sort with shifting bounds |
Comb sort |
Cycle sort |
Gnome sort |
Insertion sort |
Selection sort |
Strand sort
other sorts
Bead sort |
Bogo sort |
Common sorted list |
Composite structures sort |
Custom comparator sort |
Counting sort |
Disjoint sublist sort |
External sort |
Jort sort |
Lexicographical sort |
Natural sorting |
Order by pair comparisons |
Order disjoint list items |
Order two numerical lists |
Object identifier (OID) sort |
Pancake sort |
Quickselect |
Permutation sort |
Radix sort |
Ranking methods |
Remove duplicate elements |
Sleep sort |
Stooge sort |
[Sort letters of a string] |
Three variable sort |
Topological sort |
Tree sort


Task

Sort an array (or list) of strings in order of descending length, and in ascending lexicographic order for strings of equal length.

Use a sorting facility provided by the language/library, combined with your own callback comparison function.


Note:   Lexicographic order is case-insensitive.




import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.Arrays;
 
public class Test {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    String[] strings = {"Here", "are", "some", "sample", "strings", "to", "be", "sorted"};
 
    Arrays.sort(strings, new Comparator<String>() {
      public int compare(String s1, String s2) {
        int c = s2.length() - s1.length();
        if (c == 0)
          c = s1.compareToIgnoreCase(s2);
        return c;
      }
    });
 
    for (String s: strings)
      System.out.print(s + " ");
  }
}