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Create String List With Random Characters And Sort

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Create a List for a specified number strings with a specified max characters (randomized...1-max). This method uses another snippet which contains initCharacterList(int, int) http://snipplr.com/view/71355/fill-character-list-from-ascii-table-and-sort/

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  1. private List<String> initStringList(int maxNumberOfCharacters, int numberOfStrings) {
  2. 	// init place holder for sorted list
  3. 	List<String> list = new ArrayList<>();
  4.  
  5. 	for (int i = 0; i < numberOfStrings; i++) {
  6. 		// init a mutable string to add characters to
  7. 		StringBuffer strBuffer = new StringBuffer();
  8.  
  9. 		// generate random number 1 - numberOfCharacters
  10. 		int numberOfCharacters = 1 + (int)(Math.random() * ((maxNumberOfCharacters - 1) +1));
  11. 		// generate random ascii start place between 33 - 100
  12. 		int asciiStartRand = 33 + (int)(Math.random() * ((100 - 33) + 1));
  13. 		// going to use initCharacterList(int) to fill strings
  14. 		for (Character c : initCharacterList(numberOfCharacters, asciiStartRand, 126)) {
  15. 			// append characters to String
  16. 			strBuffer.append(c);
  17. 		}
  18. 		// convert to String and add to list
  19. 		list.add(strBuffer.toString());
  20. 	}
  21.  
  22. 	// sort list
  23. 	Collections.sort(list);
  24.  
  25. 	return list;
  26. }

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