How to sort an ArrayList in Descending Order in Java
Given an unsorted ArrayList, the task is to sort this ArrayList in descending order in Java.
Examples:
Input: Unsorted ArrayList: [Geeks, For, ForGeeks, GeeksForGeeks, A computer portal]
Output: Sorted ArrayList: [GeeksForGeeks, Geeks, ForGeeks, For, A computer portal]
Input: Unsorted ArrayList: [Geeks, For, ForGeeks]
Output: Sorted ArrayList: [Geeks, ForGeeks, For]
Approach: An ArrayList can be Sorted by using the sort() method of the Collections Class in Java. This sort() method takes the collection to be sorted and Collections.reverseOrder() as the parameter and returns a Collection sorted in the Descending Order. Collections.reverseOrder() acts as the comparator in this method.
Syntax:
Collections.sort(ArrayList, Collections.reverseOrder());
Below is the implementation of the above approach:
import java.util.*;
public class GFG {
public static void main(String args[])
{
ArrayList<String>
list = new ArrayList<String>();
list.add( "Geeks" );
list.add( "For" );
list.add( "ForGeeks" );
list.add( "GeeksForGeeks" );
list.add( "A computer portal" );
System.out.println( "Unsorted ArrayList: "
+ list);
Collections.sort(list, Collections.reverseOrder());
System.out.println( "Sorted ArrayList "
+ "in Descending order : "
+ list);
}
}
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Output:
Unsorted ArrayList: [Geeks, For, ForGeeks, GeeksForGeeks, A computer portal]
Sorted ArrayList in Descending order : [GeeksForGeeks, Geeks, ForGeeks, For, A computer portal]
Last Updated :
11 Dec, 2018
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