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  1. #include<stdio.h>
  2. #include<string.h>
  3. #define MAX_SIZE 9
  4.  
  5. void swap(char **str1, char **str2)
  6. {
  7.   char *temp = *str1;
  8.   *str1 = *str2;
  9.   *str2 = temp;
  10. }  
  11.  
  12. int main(int argc,char *argv[]){
  13.     char *planets[9]={"Mercury","Venus","Earth","Mars","Jupiter","Saturn","Uranus","Neptune","Pluto"};
  14.     int i, j, cmp, minMax;
  15.  
  16.     //If we don't need an array sorted in accending order then it is obvious that
  17.     //we need it to be sorted in decending order
  18.     int a_ret= 1; //(strcmp(argv[2],"a") == 0);
  19.  
  20.     for(i=0;i<MAX_SIZE;i++){
  21.         minMax = i;
  22.         for(j=i+1;j<MAX_SIZE;j++){
  23.             cmp=strcmp(planets[j],planets[minMax]);
  24.             if(((a_ret==0) && (cmp>0)) || ((a_ret==1) && (cmp<0))){
  25.                     minMax =j;
  26.             }
  27.         }
  28.  
  29.         //Swap only if required
  30.         if(i != minMax)
  31. 	swap(&planets[i], &planets[minMax]);
  32.     }
  33.  
  34.     //Print the sorted array
  35.     for(i=0;i<MAX_SIZE;i++)
  36.         printf("%s | ",planets[i]);
  37.    return 0;
  38. }
Success #stdin #stdout 0s 4548KB
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stdin 
Standard input is empty
stdout 
Earth | Jupiter | Mars | Mercury | Neptune | Pluto | Saturn | Uranus | Venus |
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sorting: string array 2
language:
C (gcc 8.3)
created:
8 years ago
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