pal.util
Class ThreeNumberSort

java.lang.Object
  pal.util.ThreeNumberSort

public class ThreeNumberSort
extends java.lang.Object

sorts three numbers (doubles) and choose randomly among the minimum/maximum values

Version:

$Id: ThreeNumberSort.java,v 1.4 2001/07/13 14:39:13 korbinian Exp $

Author:

Korbinian Strimmer

Field Summary

int	first order of the numbers (0-2)
double[]	numbers the three numbers
int	second order of the numbers (0-2)
int	third order of the numbers (0-2)

Constructor Summary

ThreeNumberSort()
constructor

Method Summary

int	getIndexOfLargestNumber() get input index of largest number
int	getIndexOfSmallestNumber() get input index of smallest number
double	getLargestNumber() get largest number
double	getSmallestNumber() get smallest number
void	sort(double n0, double n1, double n2) sort three doubles

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

numbers

public double[] numbers

the three numbers

first

public int first

order of the numbers (0-2)

second

public int second

order of the numbers (0-2)

third

public int third

order of the numbers (0-2)

Constructor Detail

ThreeNumberSort

public ThreeNumberSort()

constructor

Method Detail

getIndexOfLargestNumber

public int getIndexOfLargestNumber()

get input index of largest number

Returns:

index (if two or even all three numbers are of equally large value the index is drawn at random from that subset

getIndexOfSmallestNumber

public int getIndexOfSmallestNumber()

get input index of smallest number

Returns:

index (if two or even all three numbers are of equally small value the index is drawn at random from that subset

getSmallestNumber

public double getSmallestNumber()

get smallest number

Returns:

number

getLargestNumber

public double getLargestNumber()

get largest number

Returns:

number

sort

public void sort(double n0,
                 double n1,
                 double n2)

sort three doubles

Parameters:

n0 - first double

n1 - second double

n2 - third double