Alphabet Soup

ardallie · ardallie · commit 9efe9485b620 · 2021-08-09T21:51:56.000+01:00
diff --git a/src/easy/AlphabetSoup.java b/src/easy/AlphabetSoup.java
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+package easy;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+/**
+ * Have the function AlphabetSoup(str) take the str string parameter being passed
+ * and return the string with the letters in alphabetical order (i.e. hello becomes ehllo).
+ * Assume numbers and punctuation symbols will not be included in the string.
+ */
+public class AlphabetSoup {
+
+  /**
+   * Alphabet Soup function.
+   *
+   * @param str input string
+   * @return the string with the letters in alphabetical order
+   */
+  private static String alphabetSoup(String str) {
+    char[] letters = str.toCharArray();
+    Arrays.sort(letters);
+    return String.valueOf(letters);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Entry point.
+   *
+   * @param args command line arguments
+   */
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+    var result1 = alphabetSoup("leftfield");
+    System.out.println(result1);
+    var result2 = alphabetSoup("underworld");
+    System.out.println(result2);
+  }
+
+}
