Sample C Program to sort the given set of words in alphabetical order
#include
#include
#define MAXITEMS 10
#define MAXCHAR 20
main( )
{
char string[MAXITEMS][MAXCHAR], dummy[MAXCHAR];
int i = 0, j = 0,n;
printf("\tSORTING IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER\n");
printf("\t******************************\n");
/* Reading the list */
printf ("\n Enter Number of names(Max.%d): ",MAXITEMS);
scanf("%d", &n);
while (i < n)
scanf ("%s", string[i++]);
/* Sorting begins */
for (i=1; i < n; i++) /* Outer loop begins */
{
for (j=1; j <= n-i ; j++) /*Inner loop begins*/
{
if (strcmp (string[j-1], string[j]) > 0)
{ /* Exchange of contents */
strcpy (dummy, string[j-1]);
strcpy (string[j-1], string[j]);
strcpy (string[j], dummy );
}
} /* Inner loop ends */
} /* Outer loop ends */
/* Sorting completed */
printf ("\n\tAlphabetical list \n\n");
for (i=0; i < n ; i++)
printf ("%s\n", string[i]);
printf("\t****************************\n");
getch ();
}