Java-How to sort 3 numbers without if statements

[Sebastian Kurpiel]

What's up guys,

I'm wondering if there is some kind of command that allows me to sort 3 integers from least to greatest. I know I could use if statements but I feel like I could condense my code with a command like this. In python I know it was like sort or something. Thanks for the help in advance.

[Nineshadow]

Use  sort() from Java.util.Arrays

int v[] = {2, 1, 9, 6, 4};
Arrays.sort(v);
for (int i : v) {
   System.out.println(i + " ");
 }

 

[Sebastian Kurpiel]

Just now, Nineshadow said:

Use  sort() from Java.util.Arrays

int v[] = {2, 1, 9, 6, 4};
Arrays.sort(v);
for (int i : v) {
   System.out.println(i + " ");
 }

 

Thank you, I can add custom integers with the scanner correct?

[Nineshadow]

Just now, Sebastian Kurpiel said:

Thank you, I can add custom integers with the scanner correct?

Yes.

 

You could also do this , but it's pretty much the same thing as using if statements :

int a , b , c;
read();
System.out.println( (a>b&&b>c?c:(a>b&&c>b?b:(b>a&&c>a?a:-1)))+ " " + (a>b&&a<c||a>c&&a<b?a:(b>a&&b<c||b>c&&b<a?b:(c>a&&c<b||c>b&&c<a?c:-1))) + " " + (a>b&&a>c?a:(c>a&&c>b?c:(b>a&&b>c?b:-1))));

 

[Sebastian Kurpiel]

14 minutes ago, Nineshadow said:

Yes.

 

You could also do this , but it's pretty much the same thing as using if statements :

int a , b , c;
read();
System.out.println( (a>b&&b>c?c:(a>b&&c>b?b:(b>a&&c>a?a:-1)))+ " " + (a>b&&a<c||a>c&&a<b?a:(b>a&&b<c||b>c&&b<a?b:(c>a&&c<b||c>b&&c<a?c:-1))) + " " + (a>b&&a>c?a:(c>a&&c>b?c:(b>a&&b>c?b:-1))));

 

Thanks, I'm getting an error with read(); line.

[Nineshadow]

Just now, Sebastian Kurpiel said:

Thanks, I'm getting an error with read(); line.

Obviously. It's a placeholder since I couldn't remember how to read stuff in Java .Just read into the numbers .

[Sebastian Kurpiel]

2 minutes ago, Nineshadow said:

Obviously. It's a placeholder since I couldn't remember how to read stuff in Java .Just read into the numbers .

Oh okay lol, Thank you very much for your help. It's greatly appreciated

[Sebastian Kurpiel]

20 minutes ago, Nineshadow said:

Obviously. It's a placeholder since I couldn't remember how to read stuff in Java .Just read into the numbers .

Sorry to bother you again, but if I enter a small value as number three it outputs a negative 1.

import java.util.*;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.Arrays;
public class Sorter
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
        int a, b, c ;
        System.out.println("Hello, please enter 3 numbers so that I may sort them.");
        System.out.println("Please enter Number 1:");
        a = keyboard.nextInt();
        System.out.println("Please enter Number 2:");
        b = keyboard.nextInt();
        System.out.println("Please enter Number 3:");
        c = keyboard.nextInt();
        System.out.println( (a>b&&b>c?c:(a>b&&c>b?b:(b>a&&c>a?a:-1)))+ " " + (a>b&&a<c||a>c&&a<b?a:(b>a&&b<c||b>c&&b<a?b:(c>a&&c<b||c>b&&c<a?c:-1))) + " " + (a>b&&a>c?a:(c>a&&c>b?c:(b>a&&b>c?b:-1))));
    }
}
 

[Blade of Grass]

9 minutes ago, Sebastian Kurpiel said:

Sorry to bother you again, but if I enter a small value as number three it outputs a negative 1.

import java.util.*;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.Arrays;
public class Sorter
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
        int a, b, c ;
        System.out.println("Hello, please enter 3 numbers so that I may sort them.");
        System.out.println("Please enter Number 1:");
        a = keyboard.nextInt();
        System.out.println("Please enter Number 2:");
        b = keyboard.nextInt();
        System.out.println("Please enter Number 3:");
        c = keyboard.nextInt();
        System.out.println( (a>b&&b>c?c:(a>b&&c>b?b:(b>a&&c>a?a:-1)))+ " " + (a>b&&a<c||a>c&&a<b?a:(b>a&&b<c||b>c&&b<a?b:(c>a&&c<b||c>b&&c<a?c:-1))) + " " + (a>b&&a>c?a:(c>a&&c>b?c:(b>a&&b>c?b:-1))));
    }
}
 

I would highly suggest using an array for this, sorting, and then displaying it. 

[madknight3]

14 minutes ago, Sebastian Kurpiel said:

System.out.println( (a>b&&b>c?c:(a>b&&c>b?b:(b>a&&c>a?a:-1)))+ " " + (a>b&&a<c||a>c&&a<b?a:(b>a&&b<c||b>c&&b<a?b:(c>a&&c<b||c>b&&c<a?c:-1))) + " " + (a>b&&a>c?a:(c>a&&c>b?c:(b>a&&b>c?b:-1))));

If this is for school, I wouldn't recommend going with this method. It looks like a copy/paste so it may lose you marks/get you a zero depending on if that kind of thing is considered cheating or not. The marker likely won't believe you wrote this yourself. If they asked you to explain it to them, could you?

 

Also, even if they wouldn't lower your marks for that, if the work is graded in any way on readability it's likely to do poorly.

 

If it's not for school/doesn't matter then I guess you're free to do whatever.