/*license*\ XBN-Java Library Copyright (c) 2014, Jeff Epstein (aliteralmind __DASH__ github __AT__ yahoo __DOT__ com) This software is dual-licensed under the: - Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3.0 or, at your option, any later version; - Apache Software License (ASL) version 2.0. Either license may be applied at your discretion. More information may be found at - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-licensing. The text of both licenses is available in the root directory of this project, under the names "LICENSE_lgpl-3.0.txt" and "LICENSE_asl-2.0.txt". The latest copies may be downloaded at: - LGPL 3.0: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt - ASL 2.0: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt \*license*/ package com.github.xbn.examples.util.non_xbn; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.List; import java.util.Map; import java.util.TreeMap; /** <p>Sorts the <i>first</i> array in a two-dimensional array, and moves all partner elements (in the same "column") in the <i>second</i> to the same sort-destination index.</p> <p>This was used as an answer to <br/>     <code><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22418151/sorting-2d-array-but-keeping-column-elements-together">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22418151/sorting-2d-array-but-keeping-column-elements-together</a></code></p> <p>{@code java SortOneArrayKeepSecondArrayElementsAligned}</p> * @since 0.1.0 * @author Copyright (C) 2014, Jeff Epstein ({@code aliteralmind __DASH__ github __AT__ yahoo __DOT__ com}), dual-licensed under the LGPL (version 3.0 or later) or the ASL (version 2.0). See source code for details. <a href="http://xbnjava.aliteralmind.com">{@code http://xbnjava.aliteralmind.com}</a>, <a href="https://github.com/aliteralmind/xbnjava">{@code https://github.com/aliteralmind/xbnjava}</a> **/ public class SortOneArrayKeepSecondArrayElementsAligned { public static final void main(String[] ignored) { int[][] intArrayArray = new int[][]{ { 6, 3, 1, 2, 3, 0}, { 2, 1, 6, 6, 2, 4}}; output2DArray("Unsorted", intArrayArray); Map<Integer,List<TwoInts>> twoIntMap = new TreeMap<Integer,List<TwoInts>>(); for(int i = 0; i < intArrayArray[0].length; i++) { int intIn0 = intArrayArray[0][i]; if(!twoIntMap.containsKey(intIn0)) { List<TwoInts> twoIntList = new ArrayList<TwoInts>(intArrayArray.length); twoIntList.add(new TwoInts(intArrayArray[0][i], intArrayArray[1][i])); twoIntMap.put(intIn0, twoIntList); } else { twoIntMap.get(intIn0).add(new TwoInts(intArrayArray[0][i], intArrayArray[1][i])); } } int idx = 0; Iterator<Integer> itr2i = twoIntMap.keySet().iterator(); while(itr2i.hasNext()) { List<TwoInts> twoIntList = twoIntMap.get(itr2i.next()); for(TwoInts twoi : twoIntList) { intArrayArray[0][idx] = twoi.aElement; intArrayArray[1][idx++] = twoi.bElement; } } output2DArray("Sorted", intArrayArray); } private static final void output2DArray(String description, int[][] twoD_array) { System.out.println(description + ":"); System.out.println("0: " + Arrays.toString(twoD_array[0])); System.out.println("1: " + Arrays.toString(twoD_array[1])); System.out.println(); } } class TwoInts { public final int aElement; public final int bElement; public TwoInts(int a_element, int b_element) { aElement = a_element; bElement = b_element; } }