Java string sorting (but not quite lexicographically)

Question

Let's say I'm trying to sort the following array.

String[] array = { "ABC12", "ABC1", "ABC0" "ABC9"}

Sorting using Arrays.sort(array), it becomes {"ABC0", "ABC1", "ABC12", "ABC9"}

However, I want to sort alphabetically by letters AND numerically by numbers appending "ABC" such that array becomes {"ABC0", "ABC1", "ABC9", "ABC12"}. Is there an existing method to do this?

Answer 1

You're looking for an AlphaNumeric sort like this one.