calling an array to sort...

[ShaveDave27]

hi,
i've now created a sorting algorithm which i am happy with. But i cant get it to sort between to Person Objects.

Heres the code:

public class main1
{
    public static void insertionSort(Comparable [] a)
    {
        int j;
        for (int i = 0; i<a.length; i++)
        {
            Comparable Person = a[i];
            for ( j = i; j>0; j--);
            {
                if (a[j-1].compareTo (a) <0)
                {
                    break;
                }
                else
                {
                    a[j] = a[j-1];
                }
            }
            a[j] = Person;
            
            
        }
    }
}

the variable a is the array, i have created an array called people but when i input people instead of a it doesnt call my array people - it just creates the variable people.

This is really annoying me!!

Any help would be great, thanks

Dave

[JosAH]

the variable a is the array, i have created an array called people but when i input people instead of a it doesnt call my array people - it just creates the variable people.

I'm sorry; I've read that sentence over and over again but I do not understand
what it's all about. Could you elaborate a bit please?

kind regards,

Jos

ps. have you read one of the"Tip of the week"s? It's all about sorting and
abstraction from arrays and whatever.

[merinodaniel]

i dont know if its ok to compare a object in a array with all the array in this line :

if (a[j-1].compareTo (a) <0)

i try to do this code but i can figure it out how to do this line, sry i thinks its wrong this compareTo.
bye

[prometheuzz]

hi,
i've now created a sorting algorithm which i am happy with. But i cant get it to sort between to Person Objects.

Heres the code:

// ...
            for ( j = i; j>0; j--);
            {
                if (a[j-1].compareTo (a) <0)
                {
                    // ...

...

That semi colon looks fishy after your for-statement.