How can I sort the name of student on the basis of their marks?

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How can I sort the name of student on basis of their marks? The marks of student is provided. Can I use Collection class in java for the sorting? Should I import something?

import java.util.*;

class ShortRecord {

   public static void main(String args[]) {

      // Create a hash map
      HashMap hm = new HashMap();
      // Put elements to the map
      hm.put("Zara", new Double(3434.34));
      hm.put("Mahnaz", new Double(123.22));
      hm.put("Ayan", new Double(1378.00));
      hm.put("Daisy", new Double(99.22));
      hm.put("Qadir", new Double(-19.08));

      // Get a set of the entries
      Set set = hm.entrySet();
      // Get an iterator
      Iterator i = set.iterator();
      // Display elements
      while (i.hasNext()) {
         System.out.print(me.getKey() + ": ");
         System.out.println(me.getValue());
      }

   }
}

If you want to **sort**, then you should look at the `Comparable` and `Comparator` interfaces. — Code-Apprentice, Aug 15 '14 at 04:59
here I want to short the name on the basis of their account balance provided — Vishwa Pratap, Aug 15 '14 at 05:00
If you want to sort by the Map's key, then use a java.util.TreeMap. If you want to sort based on value, then see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/109383/how-to-sort-a-mapkey-value-on-the-values-in-java ? — Nick Grealy, Aug 15 '14 at 05:00

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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If you want to sort by the Map's key (i.e. name), then use a java.util.TreeMap.

If you want to sort based on value, then see Sort a Map<Key, Value> by values (Java)

edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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answered Aug 15 '14 at 05:03

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More comment than answer – hd1 Aug 15 '14 at 05:13
This question has already been answered, it's a duplicate. – Nick Grealy Aug 15 '14 at 05:15

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 15 '14 at 05:07

I think you should create a POJO Student class, and implement Comparable<Student> - then put those Students in a List and then Collections.sort() it. So, something like

static class Student implements Comparable<Student> {
  public Student(String name, double grade) {
    this.name = name;
    this.grade = grade;
  }

  String name;
  double grade;

  @Override
  public int compareTo(Student o) {
    if (o == null) {
      return -1;
    }
    int c = Double.valueOf(grade).compareTo(o.grade);
    if (c != 0) {
      return c;
    }
    return name.compareTo(o.name);
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return String.format("%s has grade %.2f", name, grade);
  }
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
  List<Student> al = new ArrayList<>();
  al.add(new Student("Zara", 3434.34));
  al.add(new Student("Mahnaz", 123.22));
  al.add(new Student("Ayan", 1378.00));
  al.add(new Student("Daisy", 99.22));
  al.add(new Student("Qadir", -19.08));
  Collections.sort(al);
  System.out.println(al);
}

Output is (formatted) -

[Qadir has grade -19.08, Daisy has grade 99.22, 
 Mahnaz has grade 123.22, Ayan has grade 1378.00, 
 Zara has grade 3434.34]

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 15 '14 at 05:15

Another example this time using a custom comparator:

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.List;

public class Marks
{
    static class SortByMark implements Comparator<Student>
    {
        @Override
        public int compare(Student studentOne, Student studentTwo)
        {
            return studentOne.mark.compareTo(studentTwo.mark);
        }
    }

    static class Student
    {
        private final Double mark;
        private final String name;

        public Student(String name, Double mark)
        {
            this.name = name;
            this.mark = mark;
        }

        public Double getMark()
        {
            return mark;
        }

        public String getName()
        {
            return name;
        }

        @Override
        public String toString()
        {
            return name + ": " + mark;
        }
    }

    private final static SortByMark sortByMark = new SortByMark();;

    public static void main(String args[])
    {
        List<Student> students = new ArrayList<Student>();

        students.add(new Student("Zara", new Double(3434.34)));
        students.add(new Student("Mahnaz", new Double(123.22)));
        students.add(new Student("Ayan", new Double(1378.00)));
        students.add(new Student("Daisy", new Double(99.22)));
        students.add(new Student("Qadir", new Double(-19.08)));

        Collections.sort(students, sortByMark);

        for (Student student : students)
        {
            System.out.println(student);
        }
    }
}

How can I sort the name of student on the basis of their marks?

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