Question

Write a program to input forty words in an array. Arrange these words in descending order of alphabets, using selection sort technique. Print the sorted array.

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					import java.util.Scanner;
public class program9
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        int i=0,j=0,largestWordPos=0;
        String temp="";
        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
        String[] wd = new String[40];
        System.out.println("Enter 40 words: ");
        for (i = 0; i < 40; i++) 
        {
            wd[i] = sc.next();
        }

        for (i = 0; i < wd.length - 1; i++)
        {
            largestWordPos = i;
            for (j = i + 1; j < wd.length; j++)
            { 
                if (wd[j].compareTo(wd[largestWordPos]) > 0)
                {
                    largestWordPos = j;
                }
            }
            temp = wd[largestWordPos];
            wd[largestWordPos] = wd[i];
            wd[i] = temp;
        }
        /* Print the sorted array*/
        System.out.println("Word Array After Sorting");
        for (i = 0; i < 40; i++)
        {
            System.out.println(wd[i]);
        }
    }
}