Sort an an arrayList by the first element of an array

Question

Hi,
I am really struggling trying to sort an arratList of arrays. I have an arrayList
ArrayList<String[]> myArrayList = new ArrayList<String []>(100);
Within this array I have may arrays with 2 elements
String[] myArray1 = {"Peter", "London"};
String[] myArray2 = {"John", "London"};
String[] myArray3 = {"Tony", "Birmingham"};
I add all these arrays to the arrayList and want to sort by the first element of the array. Basically I expect the final arrayList to be in the order of:
"John", "London"
"Peter", "London"
"Tony", "London"
Thanks
Peter

Answer 1

Hi,
I am really struggling trying to sort an arratList of
arrays. I have an arrayList
ArrayList<String[]> myArrayList = new
ArrayList<String []>(100);
Within this array I have may arrays with 2 elements
String[] myArray1 = {"Peter", "London"};
String[] myArray2 = {"John", "London"};
String[] myArray3 = {"Tony", "Birmingham"};
I add all these arrays to the arrayList and want to
sort by the first element of the array. Basically I
expect the final arrayList to be in the order of:
"John", "London"
"Peter", "London"
"Tony", "London"
Thanks
PeterThis can be done by using
Collections.sort(myArrayList, new Comparator<String[]>() {
public int compare(String[] s1, String[] s2) {
if (s1.length() <1) {
return -1;
if (s2.length() <1) {
return 1;
return s1[0].compareTo(s2[0]);
});