Java string sorting (but not quite lexicographically)

Question

Let's say I'm trying to sort the following array.

String[] array = { "ABC12", "ABC1", "ABC0" "ABC9"}

Sorting using Arrays.sort(array), it becomes {"ABC0", "ABC1", "ABC12", "ABC9"}

However, I want to sort alphabetically by letters AND numerically by numbers appending "ABC" such that array becomes {"ABC0", "ABC1", "ABC9", "ABC12"}. Is there an existing method to do this?

cwallenpoole · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-09 16:33:22Z

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You're looking for an AlphaNumeric sort like this one.

answered Nov 9, 2011 at 16:33

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Voo Over a year ago

Nice link although one should really fix stuff like "file05" coming AFTER "file1". Actually I think I'll mail him the trivial fix.

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