arrays - how to sort my output alphabetically java -

i'm trying read 2 txt files 1 jumbled , 1 dictionary file match ones same letters. when words have 3 combinations doesn't come out alphabetically.

what fix this?

import java.io.*; import java.util.*;  public class project6 {      public static void main( string args[] ) throws exception     {         if (args.length<2)         {system.out.println( "must pass name of 2 input files on cmd line. (dictionary.txt, jumbles.txt)");             system.exit(0);         }         long starttime = system.currenttimemillis();  // clicking start on stopwatch          int maxdictwords = 180000;   //has fixed length data structure... not familiar array list , faster.          int maxjumblewords = 100;                   bufferedreader dictfile = new bufferedreader( new filereader(args[0]) );           bufferedreader jumblesfile = new bufferedreader( new filereader(args[1]) );           string[] dictionary = new string[maxdictwords]; // save dictionary txt array          string[] jumbles = new string[maxjumblewords];// save jumblestxt array          string [] sortdict = new string [maxdictwords]; //into sort dictionary          string [] sortjumbles = new string [maxjumblewords]; // sort jumbles           int dwordcnt=0, jwordcnt=0;          arrays.sort(dictionary, 0, dwordcnt);         // file reading            while ( dictfile.ready() )            {             string dictionaryword = dictfile.readline();  // grab whole line because whole line 1 word              dictionary[dwordcnt] = dictionaryword;              string scrambleword =  tocanonical(dictionaryword);              sortdict [dwordcnt] = scrambleword;               dwordcnt++;         }          dictfile.close();           while ( jumblesfile.ready() )   // same above         {             string jumblesword = jumblesfile.readline();               jumbles[jwordcnt] = jumblesword;              string scrambleword = tocanonical(jumblesword);              sortjumbles [jwordcnt] = scrambleword;              jwordcnt++;         }          jumblesfile.close();          string [] result = new string [maxjumblewords];         for(int k= 0; k < jwordcnt; k++){               { result[k]= jumbles[k] + " " ;             (int j = 0; j < dwordcnt; j++)             {                 if (sortjumbles[k].equals(sortdict[j]))                 {                  result[k]= result[k] + dictionary[j] + " ";                 }            }          }          }          arrays.sort(result,0, jwordcnt);         for(int k = 0; k < jwordcnt; k++){              system.out.println(result[k]);         }          long endtime = system.currenttimemillis();  // clicking stop on stopwatch         long ms = endtime-starttime;         system.out.println("elapsed time in seconds: " + ms/1000.0 + "\n"); // 1 ms 1,000th of second      } // end main      // methods       // sort letter canonical form      private static string tocanonical(string word )     {        char[]arr = word.tochararray();         arrays.sort(arr);         string sorted = new string(arr);         return sorted;               }   } // end project 6 

if have choice, why not use in collection famous "lexicographical" sorting using sorted() method?

for example (tried on ideone):

/* package whatever; // don't place package name! */  import java.util.*; import java.lang.*; import java.io.*;  /* name of class has "main" if class public. */ class ideone {     public static void main (string[] args) throws java.lang.exception     {         list<string> g = new arraylist<string>();         g.add("glove");         g.add("golve");         g.add("gvloe");         g.add("gevlo");          // before sorting (natural order)         for(string s: g){              system.out.println(s);         }          system.out.println("\n----------");         collections.sort(g);          // after sorting (natural order)         for(string s: g){              system.out.println(s);         }     }      system.out.println("----");     // convert array     string[] p = g.toarray(new string[g.size()]);      // check if array has correct sort order?      (string s: p){         system.out.println(s);     } } 

in action

does work you? n.b. code above redundant can sorting , convert array (which have correct sort order anyway). showed understand solution may prefer.