In my assignment we are read from a file the text:
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
then count the times each has occured. I've been able to print this map unsorted, then I was able to make a TreeMap and print it in natural order (which is shown below). I don't know how to print in reverse order. I know a way to use a comparator, but I'm a little rusty so I've done what I can. Furthermore, I don't know how to set the comparator up to sort the Treemap into reverse order.
Here's my method to print Unsorted and Naturally sorted:
private static void sortPrintFrequencies(Map<String,Integer> vocabulary, PrintStream output {
Iterator iterator = vocabulary.keySet().iterator();
System.out.println("Unsorted");
while (iterator.hasNext()) {
String key = iterator.next().toString();
String value = vocabulary.get(key).toString();
String times = "times.";
String appears = "appears";
System.out.printf("%35s", key + " " + appears + " " + value + " "+ times);
System.out.println();
}
System.out.println("========================================");
System.out.println("SORTED NATURALLY BY KEY");
TreeMap newVocabulary = new TreeMap(vocabulary);
Iterator iterator2 = newVocabulary.keySet().iterator();
while (iterator2.hasNext()) {
String key = iterator2.next().toString();
String value = newVocabulary.get(key).toString();
String times = "times.";
String appears = "appears";
System.out.printf("%35s", key + " " + appears + " " + value + " "+ times);
System.out.println();
}
TreeMap revVocabulary = new TreeMap(new RevCmpKey());
System.out.println("========================================");
}
Here's my comparator:
import java.util.*;
public class RevCmpKey implements Comparator<String> {
public int compare(String e1, String e2) {
//compareTo in String classs
if(e1.compareTo(e2) <1)return -1;
if(e1.compareTo(e2) >1)return 1;
return 0;
}
}
What about copying your Map into a new one naturally reverse ordered?
new TreeMap<String,Integer>(Collections.reverseOrder())