is there a C function that would sort letters?

[murdarous]

[Cshot]

Not really. What are you trying to do exactly?

[murdarous]

Originally posted by Cshot
Not really. What are you trying to do exactly?

well, i have a card program where i would have to sort the deck. I could sort out the numbers but I can't seem to sort out suits (D,C,H,S).

For example, my output would be:

H S C D D H C S S D C H ...
1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 ...

[kermi3]

I would try assigning number values to each letter. ASCII should work.

[Magos]

Depends on your implementation. You could use numbers for all cards (1-13) to make them sortable, and later convert 1, 11, 12 & 13 to letters (in the output).

[Cshot]

Comparing characters and numbers should almost be the same:

int cardValue;
char suit;

// hypothetical example
if(cardValue > 3)
   // do stuff

if(suit > 'H')
   // do stuff

Likewise, you can set all cards to values between 1-52. The suit would depend on the card number range, and the card value would be mod 4. Or you can create a struct with a suit and value attribute. Like what Magos said, you can convert to letters when outputting.