I have a 2-dimensional double array and I want to sort it based on the second column. I wrote this code, but I got this error in the last line "double can not be dereferenced". It seems it works with string but not for array. any help appreciated.
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Comparator;
public class Sort {
public static void main(String args[]){
//Array to sort
double[][] X = new double[][]{
{1.2,2,1,3.1},
{1,2.7,3.3},
{1,2.3,3.1},
{1.5,3.2,2.4};
//Sort the array by column 2
Arrays.sort(X, new ColumnComparator(2));
}
}
//Class that extends Comparator
class ColumnComparator implements Comparator {
int columnToSort;
ColumnComparator(int columnToSort) {
this.columnToSort = columnToSort;
}
//overriding compare method
public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
double[] row1 = (double[]) o1;
double[] row2 = (double[]) o2;
//compare the columns to sort
return row1[columnToSort].compareTo(row2[columnToSort]);
}