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Conversation Between aussiemcgr and alisa

3 Visitor Messages

  1. I would then create a method to compare with each type (by gender, by year, and by last name). In order to compare objects more effectively, I would send these comparing objects Person objects:
    	public int compareGender(Person p)
    	{
    		String tempGen = p.gender;
    		return gender.compareTo(tempGen);
    	}
     
    	public int compareYear(Person p)
    	{
    		String tempDate = p.date;
    		String[] tDateSplit = tempDate.split("/");
    		int tempYear = Integer.parseInt(tDateSplit[2]);
    		String[] dateSplit = date.split("/");
    		int year = Integer.parseInt(dateSplit[2]);
    		return year-tempYear;
    	}
     
    	public int compareLastName(Person p)
    	{
    		String tempLN = p.lastName;
    		return lastName.compareTo(tempLN);
    	}

    See if you can figure out how to implement this to compare the objects and resort the arraylist.

    I hope this helps. It is quite simple to figure this sort of thing out. You just have to work through the problem one step at a time and try to tackle each issue individually.
  2. Well, if there were no limitations, I would create an object (Person Object perhaps). This object would take a First Name, a Last Name, a Gender, a Date, and an Eye Color:
    public class Person
    {
    	String firstName,lastName,gender,date,eyeColor;	
     
    	public Person(String fName,String lName,String gen,String dat,String eColor)
    	{
    		firstName = fName;
    		lastName = lName;
    		gender = gen;
    		date = dat;
    		eyeColor = eColor;
    	}
    }
  3. hi All,

    could you please help me with this :

    my ArrayList contains objects with person information :

    Abercrombie Neil Male 2/13/1943 Tan,
    Bishop Timothy Male 4/23/1967 Yellow,
    Bonk Radek Male 6/3/1975 Green,
    Bouillon Francis Male 6/3/1975 Blue,


    I need to get it sorted 3 different ways and print on console 3 sorted sets :

    1. by gender
    2. by year desc
    3. by last name desc

    do I need to create Comparators, or ..?

    Thank you !
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