import java.util.*; public class SuspiciousSort { public static void main(String[] args) { Random rnd = new Random(); Integer[] arr = new Integer[100]; for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) arr[i] = rnd.nextInt(); Comparator cmp = new Comparator() { public int compare(Integer i1, Integer i2) { return i2 - i1; } }; Arrays.sort(arr, cmp); System.out.println(order(arr)); } enum Order { ASCENDING, DESCENDING, CONSTANT, UNORDERED }; static Order order(Integer[] a) { boolean ascending = false; boolean descending = false; for (int i = 1; i < a.length; i++) { ascending |= a[i] > a[i-1]; descending |= a[i] < a[i-1]; } if (ascending && !descending) return Order.ASCENDING; if (descending && !ascending) return Order.DESCENDING; if (!ascending) return Order.CONSTANT; // All elements equal return Order.UNORDERED; // Array is not sorted } }