Thread: Print sorted lines from file

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    Print sorted lines from file

    I have the following .txt file:
    1 7 9 12
    8 4 22 5
    4 9 0 10
    15 2 3 14
    I wanna print the lines in descending order based on the average value on each individual line.
    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <string.h>
    #define MAX 300
    int comp(const void *p, const void *q)
    {
        float l = *(const float*)p;
        float r = *(const float*)q;
        return (r-l);
    }
    int main(int argc, char* argv[])
    {
        if(argc != 2)
        {
            printf("Invalid format.\n");
            return -1;
        }
        FILE* fin = fopen(argv[1], "r");
        if(!fin)
        {
            printf("Error opening the file.\n");
            return 1;
        }
        char buf[MAX];
        int n, countLines = 0;
        float *avg;
        while(fgets(buf, MAX, fin))
        {
            avg = realloc(avg, (countLines+1)*sizeof(float*));
            float sum = 0;
            float countWords = 0;
            char* word = strtok(buf, " ");
            while(word)
            {
                countWords++;
                //printf("Word : %s\n",word);
                n = atoi(word);
                sum = sum+n;
                word = strtok(NULL, " ");
            }
            avg[countLines] =(float)(sum/countWords);
            countLines++;
        }
        qsort(avg, countLines, sizeof(float), comp);
        for(int i = 0; i < countLines; i++)
        {
            printf("%f\n", avg[i]);
        }
        free(avg);
        fclose(fin);
        return 0;
    }
    Output so far:
    9.750000
    8.500000
    7.250000
    5.750000
    So I'm getting the right values, I just need to figure out how to print the actual lines, not the values. Any ideas?

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    What I'd do is declare a struct consisting of a member that stores the line and another member that stores the average value. Then I can populate an array of these struct objects and sort it according to the average value, after which I can print it by printing the lines.
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