Question

I have –

import java.util.*;

public class TestCompare {

    List<String> list = Arrays.asList("10", "1", "20", "11", "21", "12");
    Comparator<String> cmp = new Comparator<String>() {
        public int compare(String o1, String o2) {
            return Integer.valueOf(o1).compareTo(Integer.valueOf(o2));
        }
    };
    Collections.sort(list, cmp);
}

At Collections.sort(list, cmp); there is an error – Syntax error on token "(", delete this token. What is wrong in this syntax ?

Answer 1

You can’t have code directly in a class, it should be in a method like main:

public class TestCompare {
    public static void main() {
      List<String> list = Arrays.asList("10", "1", "20", "11", "21", "12");
      Comparator<String> cmp = new Comparator<String>() {
      public int compare(String o1, String o2) {
        return Integer.valueOf(o1).compareTo(Integer.valueOf(o2));
      }
      };
      Collections.sort(list, cmp);
    }
}