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Utilities.sortWords

Sorts a list of strings by length, from longest to shortest.

Syntax

public static final Vector 
sortWords(Vector words)

Parameters

words

Vector of strings.

Description

The sortWords method sorts a list of strings by length, from longest to shortest. A new vector is returned, leaving the original unchanged.

Returns

New vector of strings (the original is untouched).

Example

The following code sorts a list of strings from the shortest to the longest:

Vector aVector = new Vector();
aVector.addElement("bear");
aVector.addElement("walrus");
aVector.addElement("cow");
aVector.addElement("llama");
Vector sortedVector = Utilities.sortWords(aVector);

After executing the preceding code, the items in sortedVector are in the following order:

"cow"
"bear"
"llama"
"walrus"

 

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