the program

console

How many strings would you like to enter? 5
Enter string 1: Lucy
Enter string 2: Kyzicke
Enter string 3: Lazy
Enter string 4: Legion
Enter string 5: blah
Lucy Kyzicke Lazy Legion blah 

SortStrings.java

import java.io.*;


public class SortStrings {
	/**
	 * We'll do a basic bubble sort,.
	 * @param array
	 * @param n
	 */
	public static void MySort(String array[], int n) {
		String tempWord;
		
		for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
			for(int j = 1; j < (n-i); j++) {
				if (array[j-1].compareTo(array[j]) > 1) {
					tempWord = array[j-1];
					array[j-1] = array[j];
					array[j] = tempWord;
				}
			}
		}
	}
	/**
	 * Our main will prompt for number strings the user will enter
	 * then prompt for the strings.
	 * @param argv
	 * @throws IOException
	 */
	public static void main(String [] argv) throws IOException {
		BufferedReader stdin = 
			new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in), 1);
		
		// Lets determine the number of strings we'll sort
		System.out.print("How many strings would you like to enter? ");
		
		// I know, it's an odd place to do so, but we're going to 
		// init some variables here.
		int numberOf = Integer.parseInt(stdin.readLine());
		String[] sortableStrings = new String[numberOf];
		
		
		// We're building an array now...
		for (int i = 0; i < numberOf; i++) {
			int x = i + 1;
			System.out.print("Enter string " + x + ": ");
			String s = stdin.readLine();
			sortableStrings[i] = s;
		}
		
		// The array is built, lets call our sort logic
		// and return the sorted output.
		MySort(sortableStrings, sortableStrings.length);
		for(int i = 0; i < sortableStrings.length; i++) {
			System.out.print(sortableStrings[i] + " ");
		}
		System.out.println();
	}
}