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Thread: Java Bubble Sort Issue

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    Default Java Bubble Sort Issue

    Thanks to everyone who helped!
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    Default Re: Java Bubble Sort Issue

    How have you tried debugging the code?
    Print out the contents of the arraylist before the sort and after the sort using a println() with the arraylist name:

    System.out.println("before booklist="+booklist);
    to see what is there before and after the sort. Change "before" to "after" and to "inside".
    And also print out the array inside of the if where the swap is done.
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    Default Re: Java Bubble Sort Issue

    System.out.println(bookList);

    Gives me.

    [Book@272d7a10, Book@1aa8c488, Book@3dfeca64, Book@22998b08, Book@e76cbf7]

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    Default Re: Java Bubble Sort Issue

    Those Strings are the values returned by the class's default toString() method.
    Add a toString() method to the Book class that returns a String with some of the values held in the Book class so you can identify what book it is.
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    Default Re: Java Bubble Sort Issue

    Though I still have one question? Is this considered a "bubble sort" or just a way to sort? I understand the difference, I just want to make sure I am fulfilling the requirements of the assignment.

    EDIT: My major is networking, Java is definitely not my strongsuit.
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    Default Re: Java Bubble Sort Issue

    It is a bubble sort
    To improve efficiency change line to
    for (int in = 0; in < bookList.size() - 1 -out; in++)

    The logic behind this is that each time you run through the outer loop you guarantee that the next to last item is in the correct place
    eg if you have 5 elements
    after the first run through the fifth element is correct
    after the second run through the fourth element is also correct
    For small amounts of data this is not a noticeable efficiency; for large amounts it is significant

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    Default Re: Java Bubble Sort Issue

    That's right. Efficiency matters.

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    Default Re: Java Bubble Sort Issue

    It is important to know how bubble sort works, the same as quick, and merge. However java does it for us and I honestly do not know which one it uses. I would assume merge because it is the most efficient in my opinion.

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