Java tutorial
import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.Comparator; class Compare2DArray implements Comparator { public int compare(Object a, Object b) { int aa[] = (int[]) a; int bb[] = (int[]) b; for (int i = 0; i < aa.length && i < bb.length; i++) if (aa[i] != bb[i]) return aa[i] - bb[i]; return aa.length - bb.length; } } public class Main { public static void main(String args[]) { int d2[][] = { { 11, 43 }, { 6, 98 }, { 44, 38 }, { 11, 4 }, { 17, 32 } }; Arrays.sort(d2, new Compare2DArray()); for (int i = 0; i < d2.length; i++) { for (int j = 0; j < d2[i].length; j++) System.out.print(d2[i][j] + " "); System.out.println(); } } }