Cannot find symbol Java error?

Question

The code works when I used java.util.Arrays.sort(numbers); Am I doing something wrong? This seems weird to me.

import java.util.Arrays.*;

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Answer 1

It's a static method of the class Arrays.

You should invoke it like this:

Arrays.sort(someArray);

Note you still have to import the Arrays class like this:

import java.util.Arrays;

Or as others have mentioned, if you do a static import you can omit the class name.

I would argue that Arrays.sort() is better for readability.