Thread: help with program

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    help with program

    i need hints on how to sort a 2-d array of chars of the following format.

    char names[100][40]

    strings input as "last name,first name,age"

    i need to be able to sort by 1) last name, 2) first name, or 3) age


    possible functions to use? strcmp() and strtok()?
    Last edited by age; 12-03-2003 at 06:34 PM.

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    I did a search on yahoo for

    strcmp sort string name

    first link was this page

    http://www-ee.eng.hawaii.edu/Courses...on2.1.3.1.html

    I think it explains most of what you want. You'll have to modify it to sort by anything other than last name. Probably best to make an struct with three members. Then you can sort by any of the members.

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