insert in order

[mrdoha]

my program should declare a 2D array of char in main.this array hold all the strings that are read in from an input file that is specified on the command lin. after dimensioning the dicionary array, I must pass it to a loadDictionary() function that will open tha input file.read all the strings and then close th input file.my load must update a word count as we read in words from the file,keep the dictionary in sorted order at all times and the array should be sorted as it is being loaded which is insert in order.So
the problem is that I donot know how I should insert in order?

[cwr]

Each time you insert a new entry, search through until you find a string greater alphabetically than your new entry, then move all the elements from that string to the end up one index. Then insert the new entry.

[anonytmouse]

Sine your array will be sorted at all times, you can use the bsearch function to efficiently find the insertion point.

[cwr]

How? bsearch will return null if the entry isn't there.