Sorting a two dimensional array in descending order..

Question

Guy's I'm a beginning Java programmer. I've been struggling with finding documentation on sorting a two dimensional primitive array in descending order.. The following is my code which goes works, in ascending order. How do I modify it to make the list write out in descending order?
class EmployeeTable
     public static void main(String[] args)
     int[][] hours = {
          {2, 4, 3, 4, 5, 8, 8},
          {7, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4},
          {3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2},
          {9, 3, 4, 7, 3, 4, 1},
          {3, 5, 4, 3, 6, 3, 8},
          {3, 4, 4, 6, 3, 4, 4},
          {3, 7, 4, 8, 3, 8, 4},
          {6, 3, 5, 9, 2, 7, 9}};
     int [] total = new int [hours.length];
     for (int i = 0; i < hours.length ; i++){
          for (int j = 0; j < hours.length ; j++){
               total[i] += hours[i][j];
     int[] index = new int[hours.length];
     sortIndex(total, index);
for (int i = 0; i < hours.length; i++)
System.out.println("Employee " + index[i] + " hours are: " +
total[i]);
static void sortIndex(int[] list, int[] indexList) {
int currentMax;
int currentMaxIndex;
for (int i = 0; i < indexList.length; i++)
indexList[i] = i;
for (int i = list.length - 1; i >= 1; i--) {
currentMax = list[i];
currentMaxIndex = i;
for (int j = i - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
if (currentMax < list[j]) {
currentMax = list[j];
currentMaxIndex = j;
// How do I make it go in descending order????
if (currentMaxIndex != i) {
list[currentMaxIndex] = list[i];
list[i] = currentMax;
int temp = indexList[i];
indexList[i] = indexList[currentMaxIndex];
indexList[currentMaxIndex] = temp;

Answer 1

Bodie21 wrote:
nclow all you wrote was
"This looks to me like a homework assignment that you're asking us to solve for you. Your description of what it does isn't even correct. It doesn't sort a 2d array.
You would probably elicit better help if you could demonstrate that you've done some work and have something specific that you don't understand."
To me that sounds completely sarcastic. You didn't mention anything constructive besides that.. Hence I called you a male phalic organ, not a rear exit...Bodie21, OK, now you've got 90% of us who regularly contribute to this forum thinking your the pr&#105;ck. Is that what you wanted to do? If so, mission accomplished. Many will be looking for your name next time you ask for help. Rude enough for you?