C program to Sort an array by using strcmp

Sorting an array by using strcmp

#include<stdio.h>

#include<string.h>

#include<string.h>

main()

{

char a[4][10],temp[10];

int i,j,k;

printf("enter 4 strings\n");

for(i=0;i<4;i++)

scanf("%s",a[i]);

for(i=0;i<4;i++)

for(j=i+1;j<4;j++)

{

if(strcmp(a[i],a[j])>0)

{

strcpy(temp,a[i]);

strcpy(a[i],a[j]);

strcpy(a[j],temp);

}

}

printf("sorted array is:\n");

for(i=0;i<4;i++)

printf(".....%s....\n",a[i]);

}

OutPut:

madan@madan-Lenovo-G570:~/madan$ vi arr_sort.c
madan@madan-Lenovo-G570:~/madan$ cc arr_sort.c
madan@madan-Lenovo-G570:~/madan$ ./a.out
enter 4 strings
welcome
madan
tech
world
sorted array is:
.....madan....
.....tech....
.....welcome....
.....world....

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