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Ordering of AlphaNumeric In Ascending Order

 
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I have data with mix number of digits and I like to sort them. Somehow, the
normal sorting process give me a not so desired result. Can anyone help?
Its very Impotant for me.
A10
B100
A2
AA1
AD200
32
11
A1
The result I am looking for is:
A1
A2
A10
B2
B100
AD200
11
32


Thanks and Regards:
Anand
 
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have a look at Comparator and Comparable interfaces.

how do you sort them now ?

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Not crossposting would be nice too:

https://coderanch.com/t/328108/java/java/Ordering-AlphaNumeric-No-ascending-Order

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