Need help to create main method for code below public static String [] readDicti

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Need help to create main method for code below

public staticString[] readDictionary()
{
Scannerfilein=newScanner(newFile("dictionary.txt"));

// exactly 9992 lines in the file
String[] output=newString[9992];

for(inti=0; i<output.length; i++)
output[i]=filein.nextLine().trim();

filein.close();
returnoutput;
}

public static void selectionSort(String[] array)

{

for(int i = 0; i < array.length-1; i++)

{

// select lowest element

int min_idx = i;

for(int j = i+1; j < array.length; j++)

// case insensitive

if(array[j].toLowerCase().compareTo(array[min_idx].toLowerCase()) < 0)

min_idx = j;

// swap

String temp = array[min_idx];

array[min_idx] = array[i];

array[i] = temp;

}

}

public static int linearSearch(String[] array, String s)

{

for(int i = 0; i < array.length; i++)

// case insensitive

if(array[i].equalsIgnoreCase(s))

return i;

return -1;

}

Explanation / Answer

public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
{
// read dictionary
String[] dictionary = readDictionary();

System.out.println("Array loaded. First five entries: ");
// display first 5 and last 5 elements
for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
System.out.println(dictionary[i]);

System.out.println(" Last five entries: ");

for(int i = dictionary.length-5; i < dictionary.length; i++)
System.out.println(dictionary[i]);

System.out.println(" Sorting array ");

// sort dictionary
selectionSort(dictionary);

System.out.println("Array sorted. First five entries: ");
// display first 5 and last 5 elements
for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
System.out.println(dictionary[i]);

System.out.println(" Last five entries: ");

for(int i = dictionary.length-5; i < dictionary.length; i++)
System.out.println(dictionary[i]);

// allow user to search
Scanner kb = new Scanner(System.in);
while(kb.hasNextLine())
{
// stop if no word entered
if(!kb.hasNext())
break;

System.out.print("Enter a String to search for in the array: ");
String word = kb.next();

int idx = linearSearch(dictionary, word);
if(idx >= 0)
System.out.println("Your string was found at position "+idx);
else
System.out.println("Your string was not found.");
}
System.out.println(" Program complete.");
}

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