Build a tiny version of the Unix sort command. Given a list of lines, return them sorted in ascending order by character code (like LC_ALL=C sort: uppercase letters come before lowercase ones, "Zebra" before "apple", and an empty line comes first), joined by newline characters (\n). Duplicates are all kept. If the list is empty, return the empty string.
Function signature:
fun sortLines(lines: Array<String>): String
Example:
Input: lines = ["banana", "apple", "cherry"] Output: "apple\nbanana\ncherry" When printed: apple banana cherry
Convert the array into a mutable list, sort it in place with
sort(), then combine it with joinToString("\n").
The full solution:
class Solution {
fun sortLines(lines: Array<String>): String {
val sortedLines = lines.toMutableList()
sortedLines.sort()
return sortedLines.joinToString("\n")
}
}
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