Thread: Alphabetical Sort

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    steve8820
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    Question Alphabetical Sort

    I read in a list of commands from a file into a two dimensional array. I now need to sort these commands in alphabetical order. I was wondering if anyone knows where I can get a alphabetical sorting algorithm for C. If anyone can point me in the right direction it would be great.

    Thanks,

    Steve

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    Search this board for recent examples of the use of qsort (which is a standard function in stdlib.h)

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    How about writing your own? Wouldn't THAT be a novel idea?
    You could try a simple bubble sort on the array by testing the first character of each element.

    e.g.

    Code:
    char array[4][4];
    char *tmp;
    int i;
    
    for(i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
      if(array[i][0] > array[i + 1][0]) {
        tmp = array[i];
        array[i] = array[i + 1];
        array[i + 1] = tmp;
      }
    }
    
    (This code probably doesn't work, it's just an example.
    You should be able to figure it out from this.)
    The box said 'Windows NT or better', so I installed Linux.

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