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Thread: Arranging words in a sentence in alphabatical order.

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    Default Arranging words in a sentence in alphabatical order.

    Each sentence begins with a space. Gettin a null pointer exception at line 55. Plez help.


    import java.io.*;
     
    public class sent5 {
    	String temp = "";
    	String x;
    	String x1; // to store each word of sentence
    	String c;
    	int l; // length of string
    	int i;
    	int l1; // length of sentence
    	int c1;
    	int k = 0; // array variable
     
    	public void test() throws IOException {
    		BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
    		System.out.println("ENTER SENTENCE");
    		x = br.readLine();
    		x += " ";
    		l = x.length();
    		for (i = 0; i < l; i++) {
    			if ((x.charAt(i) != '.') && (x.charAt(i + 1) != ' '))
    				c += x.charAt(i);
    			else
    				sent(c);
    		}
    	}
     
    	public void sent(String c) throws IOException {
    		BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
    		l1 = c.length();
    		for (i = 0; i < l1; i++) {
    			if (x.charAt(i) == ' ')
    				c1++;
    		}
    		String v[] = new String[c1];
    		for (i = 0; i < l1; i++) {
    			if (c.charAt(i) != ' ')
    				x1 += c.charAt(i);
    			else {
    				v[k] = x1;
    				k++;
    				x1 = null;
    			}
    		}
    		for (int i = 0; i < c1 - 1; i++) {
    			for (int j = 0; j < c1 - i - 1; j++) {
    				if (v[j].compareToIgnoreCase(v[j + 1]) > 0) {
    					temp = v[j];
    					v[j] = v[j + 1];
    					v[j + 1] = temp;
    				}
    			}
    		}
     
    		// print
    	}
     
    	public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException {
    		BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
    		sent5 o1 = new sent5();
    		o1.test();
    	}
    }
    Last edited by KevinWorkman; February 24th, 2011 at 08:44 AM. Reason: added highlight tags


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    Default Re: Arranging words in a sentence in alphabatical order.

    Which line is line 55? Where is your stack trace?

    When posting code, please use the code or highlight tags. I did it for you this time, but please be more mindful in the future. You should probably edit your post and fix the indentation.
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    Default Re: Arranging words in a sentence in alphabatical order.

    I've fixed the indentations as I compiled the code. As Kevin says, please do this yourself in future.

    You have several issues but the first one starts here:

    if (v[j].compareToIgnoreCase(v[j + 1]) > 0) {

    Read up on the NullPointerException - http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/...Exception.html

    If I were you I would remove everything else and concentrate on getting this part of the code to work before you move on.
    Another tip would be to give your variables a more descriptive name. l, i, k, c1 etc makes things more complicated IMO
    Please use [highlight=Java] code [/highlight] tags when posting your code.
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