C Program to Sort an array of names or strings

Given an array of strings in which all characters are of the same case, write a C function to sort them alphabetically.

The idea is to use qsort() in C and write a comparison function that uses strcmp() to compare two strings.

#include <stdio.h> 
#include <stdlib.h> 
#include <string.h> 
  
// Defining comparator function as per the requirement 
static int myCompare(const void* a, const void* b) 
{ 
  
    // setting up rules for comparison 
    return strcmp(*(const char**)a, *(const char**)b); 
} 
  
// Function to sort the array 
void sort(const char* arr[], int n) 
{ 
    // calling qsort function to sort the array 
    // with the help of Comparator 
    qsort(arr, n, sizeof(const char*), myCompare); 
} 
  
int main() 
{ 
  
    // Get the array of names to be sorted 
    const char* arr[] 
        = { "geeksforgeeks", "geeksquiz", "clanguage" }; 
  
    int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]); 
    int i; 
  
    // Print the given names 
    printf("Given array is\n"); 
    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) 
        printf("%d: %s \n", i, arr[i]); 
  
    // Sort the given names 
    sort(arr, n); 
  
    // Print the sorted names 
    printf("\nSorted array is\n"); 
    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) 
        printf("%d: %s \n", i, arr[i]); 
  
    return 0; 
} 

Output:

Given array is
0: geeksforgeeks 
1: geeksquiz 
2: clanguage 

Sorted array is
0: clanguage 
1: geeksforgeeks 
2: geeksquiz

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