Thread: How do I heap sort alphabetically?

Originally Posted by arih56

I have a heapsort function which i've used to sort a list of integers. How do I adapt this function to sort a list of strings alphbetically?

Instead of comparing integers with '<' and '>', compare strings with strcmp().

If strcmp(a, b) == -1, this means that a < b (lexically).
If strcmp(a, b) == 1, this means that a > b,
If strcmp(a, b) == 0, this means that a == b.