Creating new String with sorted letters from a String word in Java

java string character alphabetical sorted

randomizertech · Jun 7, 2011 · Viewed 32.6k times · Source

How do I create a String with alphabetical order letters taken from another String?

Let's say I have something like this

String theWord = "Hello World";

How do I compute the new String to make it look like"

dehllloorw

Which is theWord but sorted character by character in alphabetical order.

Thanks in advance

Answer

char[] chars = theWord.toCharArray();
Arrays.sort(chars);
String newWord = new String(chars);