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Problem with Priority Queue in Java 5

 
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Hi,

Why does the below method does not give any output. No errors not output:
class TestPriorityQueue {

public static void main(String[] args) {
PriorityQueue<String> pq = new PriorityQueue<String>();
String[] sa = {"Left","Right","Up","Down","ne"," ", "Hurray"};

for(String s:sa){
pq.offer(s);
}
for(String s:sa){

System.out.println(pq.peek()+ " ");

}

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But when I replace the bold line with :
System.out.println(pq.poll()+ " ");

I get what is expected. But peek should return the element but not delete it. It is doing nothing here.

Please help

Thanks
Raghu.
 
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peek() does exactly what its supposed too, it returns the head element of the queue without removing it. Remember that the Queue is a sorted data structure by default. If you do not specify a sort order then the elements of the queue are sorted according to their natural order, in this case the order in which String objects are sorted. The element, " ", is the head of the queue and your program prints that, you just don't see it.
 
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change your println() to this and you will see if that " " shows up!

System.out.println(">" + pq.peek()+ "< ");
 
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