Alphabetic Search

package com.bruceeckel;
 
//: c11:AlphabeticSearch.java
//Searching with a Comparator.
//From 'Thinking in Java, 3rd ed.' (c) Bruce Eckel 2002
//www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt.
//modified by Code Panda, http://java.exampleshow.com
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Comparator;
 
public class AlphabeticSearch {
 
    public static void main(String[] args) {
	String[] sa = new String[] { "com", "a", "c", "d", "exampleshow","Abc","java"};
	AlphabeticComparator comp = new AlphabeticComparator();
	System.out.println("\n");
 
	for(int i=0; i<sa.length; i++) {
	    System.out.print(sa[i]+"\t");
	}
	Arrays.sort(sa, comp);
 
	System.out.println("\n");
 
	for(int i=0; i<sa.length; i++) {
	    System.out.print(sa[i]+"\t");
	}
 
	int index = Arrays.binarySearch(sa, "com", comp);
	System.out.println("\n\ncom's Index = " + index);
 
    }
 
 
}

package com.bruceeckel;
 
//www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt.
//modified by Code Panda; This class is used several times in those examples, so, move it into a public class.
import java.util.Comparator;
 
public class AlphabeticComparator implements Comparator {
    public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
	String s1 = (String) o1;
	String s2 = (String) o2;
	return s1.toLowerCase().compareTo(s2.toLowerCase());
    }
}