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Java Example - Array Sorting and Element Search

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The following example demonstrates how to use the sort() method to sort an array in Java, and how to use the binarySearch() method to find elements in the array. We also define the printArray() method to print the array:

MainClass.java File

import java.util.Arrays;

public class MainClass {
    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
        int array[] = { 2, 5, -2, 6, -3, 8, 0, -7, -9, 4 };
        Arrays.sort(array);
        printArray("Sorted Array Result", array);
        int index = Arrays.binarySearch(array, 2);
        System.out.println("Element 2 is at position " + index);
    }
    private static void printArray(String message, int array[]) {
        System.out.println(message + ": [length: " + array.length + "]");
        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
            if(i != 0){
                System.out.print(", ");
            }
            System.out.print(array[i]);
        }
        System.out.println();
    }
}

The output of the above code is:

Sorted Array Result: [length: 10] -9, -7, -3, -2, 0, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8
Element 2 is at position 5

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