Sorting Hashmap
Sorting Hashmap
In this example we are sorting the HashMap based on the keys using the TreeMap
collection class.
package beginnersbook.com;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.TreeMap;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.Iterator;
public class Details {
public static void main(String[] args) {
HashMap<Integer, String> hmap = new HashMap<Integer, String>();
hmap.put(5, "A");
hmap.put(11, "C");
hmap.put(4, "Z");
hmap.put(77, "Y");
hmap.put(9, "P");
hmap.put(66, "Q");
hmap.put(0, "R");
System.out.println("Before Sorting:");
Set set = hmap.entrySet();
Iterator iterator = set.iterator();
while(iterator.hasNext()) {
Map.Entry me = (Map.Entry)iterator.next();
System.out.print(me.getKey() + ": ");
System.out.println(me.getValue());
}
Map<Integer, String> map = new TreeMap<Integer, String>(hmap);
System.out.println("After Sorting:");
Set set2 = map.entrySet();
Iterator iterator2 = set2.iterator();
while(iterator2.hasNext()) {
Map.Entry me2 = (Map.Entry)iterator2.next();
System.out.print(me2.getKey() + ": ");
System.out.println(me2.getValue());
}
}
Output:
Before Sorting:
0: R
4: Z
5: A
66: Q
9: P
77: Y
11: C
After Sorting:
0: R
4: Z
5: A
9: P
11: C
66: Q
77: Y
HashMap Sorting by Values
In this example we are sorting HashMap by values using Comparator.
package beginnersbook.com;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
public class HMapSortingByvalues {
public static void main(String[] args) {
HashMap<Integer, String> hmap = new HashMap<Integer, String>();
hmap.put(5, "A");
hmap.put(11, "C");
hmap.put(4, "Z");
hmap.put(77, "Y");
hmap.put(9, "P");
hmap.put(66, "Q");
hmap.put(0, "R");
System.out.println("Before Sorting:");
Set set = hmap.entrySet();
Iterator iterator = set.iterator();
while(iterator.hasNext()) {
Map.Entry me = (Map.Entry)iterator.next();
System.out.print(me.getKey() + ": ");
System.out.println(me.getValue());
}
Map<Integer, String> map = sortByValues(hmap);
System.out.println("After Sorting:");
Set set2 = map.entrySet();
Iterator iterator2 = set2.iterator();
while(iterator2.hasNext()) {
Map.Entry me2 = (Map.Entry)iterator2.next();
System.out.print(me2.getKey() + ": ");
System.out.println(me2.getValue());
}
}
private static HashMap sortByValues(HashMap map) {
List list = new LinkedList(map.entrySet());
// Defined Custom Comparator here
Collections.sort(list, new Comparator() {
public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
return ((Comparable) ((Map.Entry) (o1)).getValue())
.compareTo(((Map.Entry) (o2)).getValue());
}
});
}
Output:
Before Sorting:
0: R
4: Z
5: A
66: Q
9: P
77: Y
11: C
After Sorting:
5: A
11: C
9: P
66: Q
0: R
77: Y
4: Z
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java.util.ArrayList;
java.util.Collections;
java.util.Comparator;
java.util.HashMap;
java.util.List;
java.util.Map;
java.util.Map.Entry;
java.util.Set;
/**
* @author AnkitMittal
* Copyright (c), AnkitMittal JavaMadeSoEasy.com
* Main class
*/
public class SortMapByValueAscending {
public static void main(String...a){
Mapx<Integer, Integer> map = new HashMap<Integer, Integer>();
map.put(1, 2);
map.put(2, 1);
map.put(3, 9);
map.put(4, 8);
Set<Entry<Integer, Integer>> entrySet = map.entrySet();
List<Entry<Integer, Integer>> listOfentrySet = new ArrayList<Entry<Integer, Integer>>(entrySet);
System.out.print("Before sorting by value: ");
for(Map.Entry<Integer, Integer> entry:listOfentrySet){
System.out.print(entry.getKey()+"="+entry.getValue()+" ");
}
Collections.sort(listOfentrySet, new SortByValue());
System.out.print("\nAfter sorting by value(ascending): ");
for(Map.Entry<Integer, Integer> entry:listOfentrySet)
System.out.print(entry.getKey()+"="+entry.getValue()+" ");
}
}
/*OUTPUT
Before sorting by value: 1=2 2=1 3=9 4=8
After sorting by value(ascending): 2=1 1=2 4=8 3=9
*/
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java.util.HashMap;
java.util.Iterator;
java.util.Map;
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/*This method retrieves values from Map
*/
public static void retrieveValuesFromListMethod(Map map)
{
Set keys = map.keySet();
Iterator itr = keys.iterator();
String key;
String value;
while(itr.hasNext())
{
key = (String)itr.next();
value = (String)map.get(key);
System.out.println(key + " - "+ value);
}
}