Sorting hashmap float -> float by values

sort_map_by_values.groovy

import java.util.Map;

rand = new Random();

float random(float minX, float maxX) {
  rand.nextFloat() * (maxX - minX) + minX
}

// Note the HashMap's "key" is a String and "value" is an Integer
HashMap<Float,Float> hm = new HashMap<Float,Float>();

// Putting key-value pairs in the HashMap
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {

  float pos = random(-50, 50);
  float time = random(0, 50);
  hm.put(time, pos);
}
println 'UNSORTED'
// Using an enhanced loop to interate over each entry
for (Map.Entry me : hm.entrySet()) {
  print("key is " + me.getKey());
  println(" value is " + me.getValue());
}

List<Map.Entry<Float, Float>> entries = new ArrayList<Map.Entry<Float, Float>>(hm.entrySet())

java.util.Collections.sort(entries, new Comparator<Map.Entry<Float, Float>>() {
  int compare(Map.Entry<Float, Float> e1, Map.Entry<Float, Float> e2) {
    return e2.getValue() - e1.getValue(); // reverse order sort
  }
});

Map<Float, Float> m = new LinkedHashMap<Float, Float>();
for(Map.Entry<Float, Float> e : entries)
  m.put(e.getKey(), e.getValue());

println 'SORTED'
for (Map.Entry me : m.entrySet()) {
  print("key is " + me.getKey());
  println(" value is " + me.getValue());
}