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Hi, sorry I'm novice in Java, and I'm trying to make kind of bubble sort on String MyArray[]. God ! I just found out that I can't compare Strings i.e. Objects like:
if ( MyArray[i] > MyArray)...
Can anybody recommend me a not too complicated solution, preferebly without imports..
Thanks
Mario

Hi.
String.compareTo(String anotherString) is what you need. Have a look at http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/java/lang/String.html#compareTo(java.lang.String)
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Lance
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