package wek5;

import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.Queue;

public class RadixSort
{
    /**
     *Performs a radix sort on a set of numeric values.
     */
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        int[] list = {7843, 4568, 8765, 6543, 7865, 4532, 9987, 3241,
                6589, 6622, 1211};

        String temp;
        Integer numObj;
        int digit, num;

        Queue<Integer>[] digitQueues = (LinkedList<Integer>[])(new LinkedList[10]);
        for (int digitVal = 0; digitVal <= 9; digitVal++)
            digitQueues[digitVal] = (Queue<Integer>)(new LinkedList<Integer>());

        // sort the list
        for (int position=0; position <= 3; position++)
        {
            for (int scan=0; scan < list.length; scan++)
            {
                temp = String.valueOf(list[scan]);
                digit = Character.digit(temp.charAt(3-position), 10);
                digitQueues[digit].add(list[scan]);
            }

            // gather numbers back into list
            num = 0;
            for (int digitVal = 0; digitVal <= 9; digitVal++)
            {
                while (!(digitQueues[digitVal].isEmpty()))
                {
                    numObj = digitQueues[digitVal].remove();
                    list[num] = numObj.intValue();
                    num++;
                }
            }
        }

        // output the sorted list
        for (int scan=0; scan < list.length; scan++)
            System.out.println(list[scan]);
    }
}