# How to sort words alphabetically from a String?

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**Created:** [July 17, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-sort-words-alphabetically-from-a-string/12767 "2019-07-17T21:47:38Z")\
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> [@lolonulu](#):
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> I want to sort the words in alphabetical order…

`java.util.Arrays.sort(words);`

[Docs.Oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/util/Arrays.html#sort(java.lang.Object[])](http://Docs.Oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/util/Arrays.html#sort(java.lang.Object%5B%5D))

> [@File Listing Order](https://discourse.processing.org/t/file-listing-order/7148/41):
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> [Docs.Oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/util/Arrays.html#sort(java.lang.Object[])](http://Docs.Oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/util/Arrays.html#sort(java.lang.Object%5B%5D)) static final String PICS\_EXTS = "extensions=,png,jpg,jpeg,gif,tif,tiff,tga,bmp,wbmp"; static final float FPS = .25; PImage[] images; void setup() { size(1200, 600); frameRate(FPS); imageMode(CENTER); final File dir = dataFile(""); println(dir); String[] imagePaths = {}; int imagesFound = 0; if (dir.isDirectory()) { imagePaths = listPaths(dir.getPath(), "files", "recursi…

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