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Thread: help With Java SelectionSort numbers to display ascending and descending Order.

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    Unhappy help With Java SelectionSort numbers to display ascending and descending Order.

    help With Java SelectionSort numbers to display ascending and descending Order.

    This is the program _ i want to put this in descending order,

    Pls help me as soon as possible....

    // program to demonstrate the selection sort
    class SelectionSort
    {
    	// method to display the contents of an array
    	static void displayData(int[] data)	
      {
    		for (int index=0; index != data.length; index++)
    			System.out.println(data[index]+"\t");
    	}
     
      static int positionOfLargest(int[] data, int limit)
      {
        // method to return the position of the largest item 
        // in the data with bounds 0..limit
     
      	int largest = data[0];
      	int indexOfLargest = 0;
     
      	for (int index=1; index <= limit; index++)
          {
      		if (data[index]> largest)	
                {
      			largest = data[index];
      			indexOfLargest = index;
      		}
      	}
      	return indexOfLargest;
      }
     
      public static void selectionSort(int[] data)
      {
        // method to sort the contents of an data into 
        // scending order
     
      	int temporary;
      	int position;
      	int size=data.length;
     
      	for (int index=size-1; index > 0; index--)
          {
      		position=positionOfLargest(data, index);
     
      		// swap numbers
      		if (index != position)
                {
      			temporary = data[index];
      			data[index] = data[position];
      			data[position] = temporary;
    		}
      	}
      }
     
    	public static void main(String[] args)	
         {
    		int[] data = {18,7,15,8,13};
     
    		System.out.println("numbers before being sorted\n");
    		displayData(data);
     
    		selectionSort(data);
     
    		System.out.println("numbers after being sorted\n");
    		displayData(data);
    	}
    }

    Change the sort in descending Order?
    Last edited by helloworld922; October 21st, 2011 at 09:28 AM.


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    Default Re: help With Java SelectionSort numbers to display ascending and descending Order.

    use [highlight = java] your code here [/highlight]
    for posting you code! please

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    Default Re: help With Java SelectionSort numbers to display ascending and descending Order.

    Change the sort in descending Order?
    it is very easy!
    here is the solution!!

    just change this
    if (data[index]> largest)
    with
    if (data[index]< largest)
    is your problem solved?
    regards

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    Thumbs up Re: help With Java SelectionSort numbers to display ascending and descending Order.

    i'm very very new to this.


    IT'S SOLVED !!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH

    HOPE U'LL HELP ME IN OTHER PROGS' TOOO




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