Thread: Sorting paragraphs the other way around

Hi!!
I have to make a program which will be sorting paragraphs backwards
like from this
SOME TEXT
SOME MORE TEXT
A HELL LOT MORE OF SOME TEXT WITH TEXT ON TOP OF THE TEXT BEHIND THE TEXT A LOT OF TEXT

to this

A HELL LOT MORE OF SOME TEXT WITH TEXT ON TOP OF THE TEXT BEHIND THE TEXT A LOT OF TEXT
SOME MORE TEXT
SOME TEXT


in other words the program finds the \t tab character then reads till the \n character and thats the first paragraph then writes the second paragraph in front the first one and so on till the are no Paragraphs to proccess

Any ideas? (some code would be nice too)
thnx.

'some' effort

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
void read_file ();
void show_file ();
void mix();
FILE *input, *output;
int d;
char *line;

main ()
{
	if ((input=fopen("test.txt","r"))!=NULL)
	{
		read_file();			
		mix();
	        int i;
                for (i=0;i<d;i++)
		printf ("%c", line[i]);
         }
	else
		printf ("File test.txt not found\n");
        printf ("\n");
        system("PAUSE");	
 
}

void read_file ()
{
	int i;
	d=0;
	
    while (!feof(input))
	{
           fgetc(input);
		   d++;
	}
	d--;
	rewind(input);
	line=(char*)malloc(sizeof(int)*d);
	for (i=0;i<d;i++)
	{
		line[i]=fgetc(input);
	}
	fclose(input);
	show_file();
}

void show_file ()
{

int i;
		for (i=0;i<d;i++)
		
			printf ("%c", line[i]);

}

void mix()
{
	int a,i;
    output=fopen("output.txt","w");
  
    for(i=0;i<d;i++)
	{
    	for(a=0;a<d;a++)
	    {	
//OOAI - OUT OF ANY IDEAS
            }
	
    a=0;
	}
fclose(output);
}

How about an unsorted doubly linked list to do your paragraph swapping?

Originally Posted by SlyMaelstrom

I would swear that says make a program, not request a program from someone.

Alright what you want to do is read a string(paragraph) into an array index, then increase the index, and repeat until you read the whole file. Then you want to output the array in reverse index.

That's my two cents and don't ask me to borrow a dollar.
...and let me add I'm not the best programmer, so if you ask for a dollar, I might give it in foreign currency.

THNX, that's what i've been looking for