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Thread: Insertion Sort with String Array error in the While loop at the bottom of the code

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    Default Insertion Sort with String Array error in the While loop at the bottom of the code

    package InsertionSort;

    public class InsertionSort {

    public static void main(String a[]){
    int i;
    String array[] = {"I","N","S","E","R","T","I","O","N"};

    System.out.println("Before sort:\n");
    for(i = 0; i < array.length; i++){
    System.out.print( array[i]+" "); }
    System.out.println();


    insertion_srt(array, array.length);

    System.out.print("After sort:\n");
    for(i = 0; i <array.length; i++){
    System.out.print(array[i]+" ");
    System.out.println();}


    }


    public static void insertion_srt(String array[], int z){
    for (int i = 1; i < z; i++){
    int j = i;
    String B = array[i];
    while ((j > 0) && (array[j-1] > B)){
    array[j] = array[j-1];
    j--;
    }
    array[j] = B;
    }
    }


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    Default Re: Insertion Sort with String Array error in the While loop at the bottom of the code

    Please copy the full text of the error message and paste it here.

    Please edit your post and wrap your code with
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    [/code]
    to get highlighting and preserve formatting.
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    Default Re: Insertion Sort with String Array error in the While loop at the bottom of the code

    package InsertionSort;
     
    public class InsertionSort {
     
    public static void main(String a[]){
    int i;
    String array[] = {"I","N","S","E","R","T","I","O","N"};
     
    System.out.println("Before sort:\n");
    for(i = 0; i < array.length; i++){
    System.out.print( array[i]+" "); }
    System.out.println();
     
    insertion_srt(array, array.length);
     
    System.out.print("After sort:\n");
    for(i = 0; i <array.length; i++){
    System.out.print(array[i]+" ");
    System.out.println();}
     
    }
     
    public static void insertion_srt(String array[], int z){
    for (int i = 1; i < z; i++){
    int j = i;
    String B = array[i];
    while ((j > 0) && (array[j-1] > B)){
    array[j] = array[j-1];
    j--;
    }
    array[j] = B;
    }
    }

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    Default Re: Insertion Sort with String Array error in the While loop at the bottom of the code

    Please copy the full text of the error message and paste it here.

    Please edit the posted code and give it proper formatting. Nested statements should be indented 3-4 spaces.
    All statements should NOT start in the first column.
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    Default Re: Insertion Sort with String Array error in the While loop at the bottom of the code

    The error I get says:

    bad operand types for binary operator '>'
    first type: java.lang.String
    second type: java.lang.String
    ----
    (Alt-Enter shows hints)

    Thank you for looking at the code.
    I'm new here and I'm a beginner.
    Here is the code below:
    package InsertionSort;
     
    public class InsertionSort {
     
    public static void main(String a[]){
    String array[] = {"I","N","S","E","R","T","I","O","N"};
    int i;
     
    System.out.println("Before sort:\n");
    for(i = 0; i < array.length; i++){
        System.out.print( array[i]+" "); }
        System.out.println();
     
    insertion_srt(array, array.length);
     
    System.out.print("After sort:\n");
    for(i = 0; i <array.length; i++){
        System.out.print(array[i]+" ");
        System.out.println();}
     }
     
    public static void insertion_srt(String array[], int z){
    for (int i = 1; i < z; i++){
        int j = i;
        String B = array[i];
        while ((j > 0) && (array[j-1] > B)){
            array[j] = array[j-1];
            j--;}
        array[j] = B;}
    }
    }

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    Default Re: Insertion Sort with String Array error in the While loop at the bottom of the code

    bad operand types for binary operator '>'
    first type: java.lang.String
    second type: java.lang.String
    The compiler doesn't allow the > operator for comparing Strings. You need to use a method when comparing Strings.
    See the String class's API doc for method(s) to use to compare Strings.
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    Default Re: Insertion Sort with String Array error in the While loop at the bottom of the code

    ^ Beat me to it.

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