import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.Comparator; public class Ch2 { public static void main(String[] args) { String[] arr1 = new String[]{"perl", "python", "raku"}; String[] arr2 = new String[]{"the", "weekly", "challenge"}; char[] c1 = new char[]{'h', 'l', 'a', 'b', 'y', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'i', 'r', 'k', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'j', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'c', 'z'}; char[] c2 = new char[]{'c', 'o', 'r', 'l', 'd', 'a', 'b', 't', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'm', 'n', 'p', 'q', 's', 'w', 'u', 'v', 'x', 'y', 'z'}; alien_dictionary(arr1, c1); alien_dictionary(arr2, c2); System.out.println(Arrays.toString(arr1)); System.out.println(Arrays.toString(arr2)); } private static void alien_dictionary(String[] words, char[] alien_chars) { String alienstr = String.valueOf(alien_chars); Arrays.sort(words, new Comparator() { @Override public int compare(String o1, String o2) { return translate(o1, alienstr).compareTo(translate(o2, alienstr)); } }); } private static String translate(String str, String alien) { char[] ret = new char[str.length()]; for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); ++i) ret[i] = alien.charAt(str.charAt(i) - 'a'); return String.valueOf(ret); } }