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Description

Reads in strings and sorts them

Demo Code

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

#define SIZE 81        /* string length limit, including \0  */
#define LIM 20         /* maximum number of lines to be read */
#define HALT ""        /* null string to stop input          */

void stsrt(char *strings[], int num);/* string-sort function */
char * s_gets(char * st, int n);

int main(void){
    char input[LIM][SIZE];   
    char *ptstr[LIM];         
    int ct = 0;             
    int k;                   
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    printf("Input up to %d lines, and I will sort them.\n",LIM);
    printf("To stop, press the Enter key at a line's start.\n");
    while (ct < LIM && s_gets(input[ct], SIZE) != NULL
           && input[ct][0] != '\0')
    {
        ptstr[ct] = input[ct];  /* set ptrs to strings        */
        ct++;
    }
    stsrt(ptstr, ct);          /* string sorter              */
    puts("\nHere's the sorted list:\n");
    for (k = 0; k < ct; k++)
        puts(ptstr[k]) ;       /* sorted pointers            */
    
    return 0;
}

/* string-pointer-sorting function */
void stsrt(char *strings[], int num)
{
    char *temp;
    int top, seek;
    
    for (top = 0; top < num-1; top++)
        for (seek = top + 1; seek < num; seek++)
            if (strcmp(strings[top],strings[seek]) > 0)
            {
                temp = strings[top];
                strings[top] = strings[seek];
                strings[seek] = temp;
            }
}

char * s_gets(char * st, int n){
    char * ret_val;
    int i = 0;
    
    ret_val = fgets(st, n, stdin);
    if (ret_val)
    {
        while (st[i] != '\n' && st[i] != '\0')
            i++;
        if (st[i] == '\n')
            st[i] = '\0';
        else // must have words[i] == '\0'
            while (getchar() != '\n')
                continue;
    }
    return ret_val;
}

Result


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