Helpr required sorting phone entries

hey guys i need to sort out some names in a txt file which is in the following format:

Code:

Peter		Bladon	598272651
	Andrew	Sundhu	857695241
Sean		Hawley	931003752
Martin	Testrow	212860499
	Louise	Curtis	927185887
Alexander	Oddie		157020783
John		Colman	478545487
William	Richardson	689461958
Reece		Jenkins	872692036
	Brian		Wright	689846491

so far this is what i have done:

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cctype>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstring>
using namespace std;

int a[1000];
int x;
int k=0;
int y;
int z;
char *p[1000];
int h;
char filetosave[20];
char filetoopen[20];
char forename[1000];   
char surname[1000];
double number[1000];
const int maximumwords = 100;

int main(){
//------------------------------------------
	//Open a file 
    cout << "Please enter the file to open: " << endl;
	cin >> filetoopen;

      ifstream in(filetoopen);
//Error checking
      if(!in){

            cerr << "Failed to open input file " << filetoopen << endl;

            exit(1);

      }

      
//Read file till new line
      int h = 0;

      while(in){                          

            if(h >= maximumwords) break;

            if(in >> forename[h]&& in >> surname[h] >> number[h]) h++,k++;        

		   } //end if

 
//Formalities
      in.clear();

      in.close();

	cout << "The unsorted array is:\n" << endl;
	
	         for(y=0;y<k;y++){
		cout << "Element " << y	<< ": " << forename[y] << endl;
	} //end for

//	---------------------
	
	for(int i=0;i<k;i++){
		//*p[x]=&a[x];
		p[i]=forename+i;
		//cout << "p[x]=a+x=" << p[x] << endl;
	} //end for

	for(int g=0;g<k-1;g++){

		for(int i=0;i<k-1;i++){
			
			char *t;
			if(*p[i]>*p[i+1]){
				t=*(p+i);
				*(p+i)=*(p+i+1);
				*(p+i+1)=t;
			} //end if
		} //end for
	} //end for

	cout << "\nThe sorted array is:\n" << endl;
	for(y=0;y<k;y++){
		cout << "Element" << y	<< ": " << *p[y] << endl;
	} //end for

	system("PAUSE");
} //end main

I can get it to sort numbers out but not characters. When running this code it outputs nothing.
Wondering if someone can point me in the right direction please on how to fix this.
PS. Im a newb at C++ its part of a module im doing at uni:S

a few problems to fix:

1) when you compare two strings stored in "char" arrays, it's not sufficient to compare the first characters of the two strings, as done here

Code:

 *p[i] > *p[i+1]

, you should use the function "strcmp" to do that.

2) The dereference "*" in your last cout should not be there. With your code as it is, it only prints the first character out of that string.

if you want to keep the entries in memory (which I think you do, because you want to sort them), then you will want to use a 2 dimensional array for forenames, sir names and phone numbers.

Your while(in) loop is not set up properly. Step through it with a debugger to see what it is doing. It's not doing what you think it is.