Question

Check if the genders are the same for the two players, and if they are, return a value based on their difference in height. If they are not the same gender, you should return either 1 if other is female (and this is male) and -1 otherwise

should be like this:

public int compareTo(VolleyPlayer other){

        if (other.female != female){

                // return a positive value if other is female and this is male

                // return negative value otherwise

        } else {          

            // return one height minus the other such that you sort from highest to lowest

        }

what am i doing wrong?

if(other.female !=female){
return 1;
}
if(!other.female != !female){
return -1;
}
return other.height - height;
  

    }

it does not give correct result.

It mixes the females and males, i want first all females and them males ( after height)

Answer 1

Answer:

You can do one thing, let the values be mixed, and then you can apply sorting algorithm to sort it in an ascending order, as F comes first when compared to M.

if(other.female !=female){
   return 1;
  }
if(!other.female != !female){
   return -1;
}
return other.height - height;
 }

To sort strings, here is the pseudo code:

void sortString(string &str) 
{ 
   sort(str.begin(), str.end()); 
   cout << str; 
} 

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