Java Arrays - sort() Method

The java.util.Arrays.sort() method is used to sort the specified array into ascending numerical order.

Syntax

public static void sort(long[] a)

Parameters

`a`	Specify the array to be sorted.

Return Value

void type.

Exception

NA.

Example:

In the example below, the java.util.Arrays.sort() method is used to sort a specified long array.

import java.util.*;

public class MyClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    //creating an unsorted long array
    long MyArr[] = {10, 2, -3, 35, 56};

    //printing array before sorting
    System.out.print("MyArr contains:"); 
    for(long i: MyArr)
      System.out.print(" " + i);

    //sort the array
    Arrays.sort(MyArr);

    //printing array after sorting
    System.out.print("\nMyArr contains:"); 
    for(long i: MyArr)
      System.out.print(" " + i);   
  }
}

The output of the above code will be:

MyArr contains: 10 2 -3 35 56
MyArr contains: -3 2 10 35 56

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