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Danthescotman
Danthescotman

Reputation: 11

Sorting a word into alphabetical order in c

Trying to use a bubble sort to put a word into alphabetical order. can anyone find the error in my code, I am calling it but it doesn't seem to be doing what it should

void alphasort(char *word, int length)
{
    int i, j, k;
    for(i=0; i<length-1; ++i)
    {
        for(j=0; j<length-i-1; ++j)
        {
            if (array[j] > array[j+1])
            {
                k= array[j];
                array[j] = array[j+1];
                array[j+1] = k;
            }
        }
     }
}

It simply returns the original word

Upvotes: 0

Views: 82

Answers (2)

theSereneRebel
theSereneRebel

Reputation: 306

You have not defined the variable array. Try this instead: 

void alphasort(char *word, int length)
    {
        int i, j, k;
        for(i=0; i<length-1; ++i)
        {
            for(j=0; j<length-i-1; ++j)
            {
                if (word[j] > word[j+1])
                {
                    k= word[j];
                    word[j] = word[j+1];
                    word[j+1] = k;
                }
            }
         }
    }

Upvotes: 1

shauryachats
shauryachats

Reputation: 10385

There is nothing wrong with the logic you are using.

The only fault is, you have an undefined variable, array. Either replace all the array instances with word, or change char *word to char *array.

Code:

void alphasort(char *array, int length)
{
    int i, j, k;
    for(i=0; i<length-1; ++i)
    {
        for(j=0; j<length-i-1; ++j)
        {
            if (array[j] > array[j+1])
            {
                k= array[j];
                array[j] = array[j+1];
                array[j+1] = k;
            }
        }
     }
}

Upvotes: 1

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