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... double []test = new double []{88.6,88.9,-1,25,88.6}; int size = test.length; System.out.println("*** un-sorted ***"); for (double d : test){ System.out.println(d); } // descending sort algo ************************************* int counter = 0; int indexOfMax = 0; // after each iteration of while, test[counter] should have the correct value while (counter indexOfMax = counter; // assuming that test[counter] has the max value // this loop finds the index of max value (stores in indexOfMax) from the test array starting from index counter+1 for(int i = counter+1; i if (test[i]>test[indexOfMax]){ indexOfMax = i; } } // end of for loop -- now indexOfMax should have the max value // swapping double tmp = test[counter]; test[counter] = test[indexOfMax]; ...