# Sorting circles by radius and avoiding overlap between random circles?

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**Category:** Beginners\
**Created:** [November 6, 2023, 11:24am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/sorting-circles-by-radius-and-avoiding-overlap-between-random-circles/43157 "2023-11-06T11:24:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![GoToLoop](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/gotoloop/32/86_2.png) [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/sorting-circles-by-radius-and-avoiding-overlap-between-random-circles/43157/2 "2023-11-06T12:00:14Z")

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> [@Sorting an array](https://discourse.processing.org/t/sorting-an-array/20992/3):
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> [Docs.Oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/Comparable.html#compareTo(T)](http://Docs.Oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/Comparable.html#compareTo(T))[Docs.Oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/util/Collections.html#sort(java.util.List)](http://Docs.Oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/util/Collections.html#sort(java.util.List)) // https://Discourse.processing.org/t/sorting-an-array/20992/3 // GoToLoop (2020/May/17) import java.util.Collections; import java.util.List; final PVector[] vecs = { new PVector(100, -100), new PVector(-130, 65), new PVector(135, 155) }; final List\<VecHead\> points = new ArrayList\<VecHead\>(vec…

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