Hi Jim
This does seems kinda expensive, turning a String into an integer for each
value thats being compared in a collection. I would have thought it would be
better making a small object that contained the String and the number.
Something along the lines of
public class NumericString implements Comparable {
private String text;
private int number;
...
}
then at least the conversion from String to int is done only once per
NumericString construction, not twice per comparison of values.
James
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From: "Jim Cheesman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 4:02 PM
Subject: [Collections] NumericComparator
> I'm not sure if this is suitable for inclusion in collections - but I've
> found it to be fairly useful when comparing StringS.
>
> The problem solved:
> Does 11 come before or after 2,3,4,5...?
>
> Other features:
> Ascending/descending comparison
> Blanks are high/low.
>
>
> I've included the test case class.
>
>
> Salu2.
> Jim
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