swapping and sorting text

Hi all,

Here is my problem. I am just starting to program with C++ and i'm trying to figure out the best way to hold a character string compare it and then swap it to get an ascending order listing. So far I have this much:

Code:

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for (int i = 0; i < arraysize; i++){

        cout << "Please enter town name: " << endl;

        cin.getline(name, arraysize, '\n');
        strcpy(town, name);
        town[strlen(name)] = '\0';

        strcmp(town, name);
        hold = town;               

                if (town[i] == '\0')
              return 0;
        return(town[i] - hold[i]);

        cout << town << '\n';
        cout << endl;

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I am a beginner learning so any help would be greatly appreciated.

I am posting this because you did not use code tags on this thread. In the furture please use Code Tags. They make your code MUCH easier to read and people will be much more likely to help you if you do. And they'll be happy about helping you ;)


For example:

Without code tags:

for(int i=0;i<5;i++)
{
cout << "No code tags are bad";
}

With Code Tags:

Code:

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for(int i=0;i<5;i++)
{
    cout << "This code is easy to read";
}

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This is of course a basic example...more complicated code is even easier to read with code tags than without.

I've added code tags for you this time. They can be added by putting [code] at the beginning of your code and [/code] at the end. More information on code tags may be found at the link in my signature. I also suggest you take a look at the board guildlines if you have not done so already. Any further questions or ways I can help please feel free to PM me.

Good Luck,
Kermi3

>i'm trying to figure out the best way to hold a character string compare it and then swap it to get an ascending order listing

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <string>

const int N_NAMES = 5;

int main()
{
  std::string names[N_NAMES];

  for ( int i = 0; i < N_NAMES; ++i ) {
    std::cout<<"Enter a name: ";

    std::getline ( std::cin, names[i] );
  }

  std::sort ( names, names + N_NAMES );

  for ( int i = 0; i < N_NAMES; ++i )
    std::cout<< names[i] <<std::endl;

  std::cin.get();
}

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-Prelude