top 10 word pairs

[SakuraAssassin]

im having trouble displaying the 10 most common word pairs. im sure it is just a matter of sorting and taking the data but i am unsure on how to do this?

private static void generateOutput()
    {
        for(Entry e : result.entrySet())
        {
            System.out.println("Symbol: " + e.getKey());
            Map<String, Integer> count = new HashMap<String,Integer>();
            List<String> words = (List)e.getValue();

            for(String s : words)
            {
                if(!count.containsKey(s))
                {
                    count.put(s, 1);
                }
                else
                {
                    count.put(s, count.get(s)+1);
                }
            }

            for (Entry f : count.entrySet())
            {
                System.out.println("\tfollowing symbol: " + f.getKey() + " : " + f.getValue());
            }
        }
        System.out.println();
    }

this is my output, but it displays everything. how do just sort this and display the top 10 most commonly used word pairs?

[stultuske]

sort them, based on the value of occurences, and only print the first ten, using a normal for or a while loop.

[SakuraAssassin]

would i be able to sort it using a method like this used to sort an array of numbers?

 for (int i = numbers.length-2; i >= 0; i--)
            for (int j = 0; j <= i; j++)
                if (numbers[j] > numbers[j+1])
                {
                    int temp = numbers[j];
                    numbers[j] = numbers[j+1];
                    numbers[j+1] = temp;
                }  

[stultuske]

sure. unless you can think of a reason why you wouldn't be?

[SakuraAssassin]

what would i substitute for numbers.length-2?
ive tried this:

for (Entry f : count.entrySet())
            {

                     if (f.getValue() > f.getValue()+1)
                    {
                        int temp = f.getValue();
                        f.getValue() = f.getValue()+1;
                        f.getValue()+1 = temp;
                    }

but this doesnt work? im not exactly sure how to retrieve the integer variable to compare it

[stultuske]

that's because it doesn't make sense. you should be comparing the values of two elements f. you'll need to use a normal for (not the enhanced) and use those indices you get from it.

[SakuraAssassin]

thank you it is has solved the problem