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user4099680
user4099680

Reputation:

What kind of a sorting algorithm is this?

This is an example of a c program to sort a list of names... I'm new to algorithms that's why I need to know what type it is! What are real life examples could I use it for too?

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

 int main() {
 char *str[5], *temp;
 int i, j, n;

 printf("\nHow many names do you want to have?");
 scanf("%d", &n);

 for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
 printf("\nEnter the name %d: ", i);
 flushall();
 gets(str[i]);
 }

 for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
  for (j = 0; j < n - 1; j++) {
     if (strcmp(str[j], str[j + 1]) > 0) {
        strcpy(temp, str[j]);
        strcpy(str[j], str[j + 1]);
        strcpy(str[j + 1], temp);
     }
  }
}

flushall();

printf("\nSorted List : ");
for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
  puts(str[i]);

return (0);
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 90

Answers (2)

Vlad from Moscow
Vlad from Moscow

Reputation: 310940

First of all the program is invalid. It does not allocate memory where it is going to store strings. As result it is a very risky step to ask the user how many names does he want to have because there is no space to store strings in the program.:)

You could use a two-dimensional variable length character array for the strings and standard function fgets instead of gets to enter the strings.

As for the sort algorithm then it is a bad realization of the bubble sort.:)

Upvotes: 2

user4456696
user4456696

Reputation:

I hope its a bubble sorting. And with this you can arrange numbers in ascending or descending order.

Upvotes: 3

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