Java tutorial
import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Collections; import java.util.Comparator; class SortByHouseNo implements Comparator<HouseNo> { @Override public int compare(HouseNo o1, HouseNo o2) { Integer first = Integer.valueOf(o1.getHouseno()); Integer second = Integer.valueOf(o2.getHouseno()); Integer f1 = Integer.valueOf(o1.getBlockno()); Integer f2 = Integer.valueOf(o2.getBlockno()); if (first.compareTo(second) == 0) { return f1.compareTo(f2); } return first.compareTo(second); } } public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { String houseList[] = { "9-11", "9-01", "10-02", "10-01", "2-09", "3-88", "9-03", "9-3" }; HouseNo house = null; ArrayList<HouseNo> sortedList = new ArrayList<>(); for (String string : houseList) { String h = string.substring(0, string.indexOf('-')); String b = string.substring(string.indexOf('-') + 1); house = new HouseNo(h, b); sortedList.add(house); } System.out.println("Before Sorting :: "); for (HouseNo houseNo : sortedList) { System.out.println(houseNo); } Collections.sort(sortedList, new SortByHouseNo()); System.out.println("\n\nAfter Sorting HouseNo :: "); for (HouseNo houseNo : sortedList) { System.out.println(houseNo); } } } class HouseNo { public HouseNo(String house, String block) { this.houseno = house; this.blockno = block; } String houseno; String blockno; public String getHouseno() { return houseno; } public void setHouseno(String houseno) { this.houseno = houseno; } public String getBlockno() { return blockno; } public void setBlockno(String blockno) { this.blockno = blockno; } @Override public String toString() { return "House -> " + this.getHouseno() + "-" + this.getBlockno(); } }