How to Sort String with Norwegian Characters in Java?

Question

æøå is the latest letters in the norwegian alphabet

   A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Æ Ø Å

    List<String> words = Arrays.asList(
    "A", "B", "Z", "Æ", "Ø", "Å"     );

    Locale la = new Locale("nor", "NOR");
    Collator coll = Collator.getInstance(la);
    coll.setStrength(Collator.PRIMARY);
    Collections.sort(words, coll);
    System.out.println(""+ words);

The answer should be

A, B, Z, Æ, Ø Å,

But i am getting:

A, Å, Æ, B, Z, Ø

Can anyone suggest how to get above output?

fatherazrael · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-01 09:49:35Z

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The locale was wrong. For norwegian, language is 'no' and Country is 'NO'

    List<String> words = Arrays.asList(
        "Abba", "B", "BØ", "BÆ", "Z", "Æ", "Ø", "Å"     );

    Locale la = new Locale("no", "NO");
    Collator coll = Collator.getInstance(la);
    coll.setStrength(Collator.PRIMARY);
    Collections.sort(words, coll);
    System.out.println(""+ words);

Correct Output: [Abba, B, BÆ, BØ, Z, Æ, Ø, Å]

answered Sep 1, 2016 at 9:49

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3 Comments

byxor Over a year ago

There's NO way you answered your own question that quick. ;)

fatherazrael Over a year ago

I was doing work side wise and spent 30 minutes and was not getting correct. That was hit and tiral which worked at sudden after posting Question. So i thought of sharing. Nothing else

byxor Over a year ago

Interesting question&answer though, I'm glad you shared.

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