class student implements Comparable    // must implement Comparable to work
 {private String first;
  private String last;
  private double avg;

  public student(String f, String l, double a)
   {first= f;
    last = l;
    avg = a;
   }

   public String toString()
    {return first + " " + last;
    }


// had to use Object in compareTo to implement Comparable

   public int compareTo(Object other)
    {if (avg < ((student)other).avg)   // this will prioritize from
      return 1;                      // highest avg to lowest
     else                           // in a PriorityQueue
       return 0;                   // switch sign to < and it goes other way
                               // I think because its set to remove Min
     }
 }

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import java.io.*;

import java.util.*;

public class test2
{public static input in = new input();

public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
 {
 PriorityQueue q = new PriorityQueue();
 q.add(new student("Joe","Smith",78));
 q.add(new student("Tom","Jones",90));
 q.add(new student("Helen","Hayes",54));
 q.add(new student("Vera","Miles",88));
 q.add(new student("Kelly","Rich",66));



 for (student s : q)
   {System.out.println(s);  //comes out in what appears to be a random order
  }

   System.out.println();
   System.out.println();
   System.out.println();
   while (q.size() != 0)
    {student s = q.remove();   // removes according to priority established by
    System.out.println(s);     // compareTo function
 }
}
}