How to sort a HashMap in Java

Question

How are we able to sort a HashMap<key, ArrayList>?

I want to sort on the basis of a value in the ArrayList.

Answer 1

Custom compare function which includes functionality for the Turkish alphabet or other different languages than english.

public <K extends Comparable,V extends Comparable> LinkedHashMap<K,V> sortByKeys(LinkedHashMap<K,V> map){
    List<K> keys = new LinkedList<K>(map.keySet());
    Collections.sort(keys, (Comparator<? super K>) new Comparator<String>() {
        @Override
        public int compare(String first, String second) {
            Collator collator = Collator.getInstance(Locale.getDefault());
            //Collator collator = Collator.getInstance(new Locale("tr", "TR"));
            return collator.compare(first, second);
        }
    });

    LinkedHashMap<K,V> sortedMap = new LinkedHashMap<K,V>();
    for(K key: keys){
        sortedMap.put(key, map.get(key));
    }

    return sortedMap;
}

here is the using example as the following

LinkedHashMap<String, Boolean> ligList = new LinkedHashMap<String, Boolean>();
ligList = sortByKeys(ligList);

Answer 2

Sorting HashMap by Value:

As others have pointed out. HashMaps are for easy lookups if you change that or try to sort inside the map itself you will no longer have O(1) lookup.

The code for your sorting is as follows:

class Obj implements Comparable<Obj>{
    String key;
    ArrayList<Integer> val;
    Obj(String key, ArrayList<Integer> val)
    {
    this.key=key;
    this.val=val;
    }
    public int compareTo(Obj o)
    {
     /* Write your sorting logic here. 
     this.val compared to o.val*/
     return 0;
    }
}

public void sortByValue(Map<String, ArrayList<>> mp){

    ArrayList<Obj> arr=new ArrayList<Obj>();
    for(String z:mp.keySet())//Make an object and store your map into the arrayList
    {

        Obj o=new Obj(z,mp.get(z));
        arr.add(o);
    }
    System.out.println(arr);//Unsorted
    Collections.sort(arr);// This sorts based on the conditions you coded in the compareTo function.
    System.out.println(arr);//Sorted
}

Answer 3

Sorting by key:

public static void main(String[] args) {
    Map<String,String> map = new HashMap<>();

    map.put("b", "dd");
    map.put("c", "cc");
    map.put("a", "aa");

    map = new TreeMap<>(map);

    for (String key : map.keySet()) {
        System.out.println(key+"="+map.get(key));
    }
}

Answer 4

HashMap doesnt maintain any order, so if you want any kind of ordering, you need to store that in something else, which is a map and can have some kind of ordering, like LinkedHashMap

below is a simple program, by which you can sort by key, value, ascending ,descending ..( if you modify the compactor, you can use any kind of ordering, on keys and values)

package com.edge.collection.map;

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Map.Entry;

public class SortMapByKeyValue {
Map<String, Integer> map = new HashMap<String, Integer>();

public static void main(String[] args) {

    SortMapByKeyValue smkv = new SortMapByKeyValue();
    smkv.createMap();

    System.out.println("After sorting by key ascending order......");
    smkv.sortByKey(true);

    System.out.println("After sorting by key descindeng order......");
    smkv.sortByKey(false);

    System.out.println("After sorting by value ascending order......");
    smkv.sortByValue(true);

    System.out.println("After sorting by value  descindeng order......");
    smkv.sortByValue(false);

}

void createMap() {
    map.put("B", 55);
    map.put("A", 80);
    map.put("D", 20);
    map.put("C", 70);
    map.put("AC", 70);
    map.put("BC", 70);
    System.out.println("Before sorting......");
    printMap(map);
}

void sortByValue(boolean order) {

    List<Entry<String, Integer>> list = new LinkedList<Entry<String, Integer>>(map.entrySet());
    Collections.sort(list, new Comparator<Entry<String, Integer>>() {
        public int compare(Entry<String, Integer> o1, Entry<String, Integer> o2) {
            if (order) {
                return o1.getValue().compareTo(o2.getValue());
            } else {
                return o2.getValue().compareTo(o1.getValue());

            }
        }
    });
    Map<String, Integer> sortedMap = new LinkedHashMap<String, Integer>();
    for (Entry<String, Integer> entry : list) {
        sortedMap.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
    }
    printMap(sortedMap);

}

void sortByKey(boolean order) {

    List<Entry<String, Integer>> list = new LinkedList<Entry<String, Integer>>(map.entrySet());
    Collections.sort(list, new Comparator<Entry<String, Integer>>() {
        public int compare(Entry<String, Integer> o1, Entry<String, Integer> o2) {
            if (order) {
                return o1.getKey().compareTo(o2.getKey());
            } else {
                return o2.getKey().compareTo(o1.getKey());

            }
        }
    });
    Map<String, Integer> sortedMap = new LinkedHashMap<String, Integer>();
    for (Entry<String, Integer> entry : list) {
        sortedMap.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
    }
    printMap(sortedMap);
}

public void printMap(Map<String, Integer> map) {
    // System.out.println(map);
    for (Entry<String, Integer> entry : map.entrySet()) {
        System.out.println(entry.getKey() + " : " + entry.getValue());
    }
}
}

here is the git link

Answer 5

Seems like you might want a treemap.

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/TreeMap.html

You can pass in a custom comparator to it if that applies.

Answer 6

Do you have to use a HashMap? If you only need the Map Interface use a TreeMap

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If you want to sort by comparing values in the HashMap. You have to write code to do this, if you want to do it once you can sort the values of your HashMap:

Map<String, Person> people = new HashMap<>();
Person jim = new Person("Jim", 25);
Person scott = new Person("Scott", 28);
Person anna = new Person("Anna", 23);

people.put(jim.getName(), jim);
people.put(scott.getName(), scott);
people.put(anna.getName(), anna);

// not yet sorted
List<Person> peopleByAge = new ArrayList<>(people.values());

Collections.sort(peopleByAge, Comparator.comparing(Person::getAge));

for (Person p : peopleByAge) {
    System.out.println(p.getName() + "\t" + p.getAge());
}

If you want to access this sorted list often, then you could insert your elements into a HashMap<TreeSet<Person>>, though the semantics of sets and lists are a bit different.