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C program to sort the string using 2D array


Write a program to initialize a array with 5 String maximum length of 10 char and arrange the string in alphabetical order.

Solution

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
char arr[5][10]={"white","red","green","yellow","blue"};
char temp[10];
int i,j;
printf("before sorting:\n");
for(i=0;i<5;i++)
	printf("%s\n",arr[i]);

for(i=0;i<5;i++)
	for(j=i+1;j<5;j++)
		if(strcmp(arr[i],arr[j])>0)
		{
			strcpy(temp,arr[i]);
			strcpy(arr[i],arr[j]);
			strcpy(arr[j],temp);
		}
		printf("\nafter sorting:\n");
		for(i=0;i<5;i++)
		printf("%s\n",arr[i]);
}
Output

before sorting:

white

red

green

yellow

blue


after sorting:

blue

green

red

white

yellow

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