Program for sorting variables of any data type

Write a program for sorting variables of any datatype without the use of std::sort .

Examples:

Input :  2000, 456, -10, 0
Output : -10   0   456   2000    

Input :  "We do nothing"
         "Hi I have something"
         "Hello Join something!"
         "(Why to do work)"
Output :(Why to do work)   
         Hello Join something!
         Hi I have something
         We do nothing

The examples above show, we can have any data type elements present as an input and output will be in a sorted form of the input data.
The idea here to solve this problem is to make a template.

Method 1 (Writing our own sort) In below code, we have implemented Bubble Sort to sort the array.



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// CPP program to sort array of any data types.
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
  
// Template formed so that sorting of any 
// type variable is possible
template <class T>
void sortArray(T a[], int n)
{   
    // boolean variable to check that 
    // whether it is sorted or not
    bool b = true;
    while (b) {
        b = false;
        for (size_t i=0; i<n-1; i++) {
  
            // swapping the variable
            // for sorting order
            if (a[i] > a[i + 1]) {
                T temp = a[i];
                a[i] = a[i + 1];
                a[i + 1] = temp;
                b = true;
            }
        }
    }
}
  
// Template formed so that sorting of any 
// type variable is possible
template <class T>
void printArray(T a[], int n)
{
    for (size_t i = 0; i < n; ++i) 
        cout << a[i] << "   ";    
    cout << endl;
}
  
// Driver code
int main()
{
    int n = 4;
    int intArr[n] = { 2000, 456, -10, 0 };
    sortArray(intArr, n);
    printArray(intArr, n);
  
    string strArr[n] = { "We do nothing",
                         "Hi I have something",
                         "Hello Join something!",
                        "(Why to do work)" };
    sortArray(strArr, n);
    printArray(strArr, n);
  
    float floatArr[n] = { 23.4, 11.4, -9.7, 11.17 };
    sortArray(floatArr, n);
    printArray(floatArr, n);
  
    return 0;
}

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Output:


-10   0   456   2000   
(Why to do work)   Hello Join something!   Hi I have something   We do nothing   
-9.7   11.17   11.4   23.4





Method 2 (Using Library Function)

We can use std::sort in C++ to sort array of any data type. 











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// CPP program to sort array of any data types. 


#include <bits/stdc++.h> 


using namespace std; 


  


// Template formed so that sorting of any  


// type variable is possible 


template <class T> 


void printArray(T a[], int n) 


{ 


    for (size_t i = 0; i < n; ++i)  


        cout << a[i] << "   ";     


    cout << endl; 


} 


  


// Driver code 


int main() 


{ 


    int n = 4; 


    int intArr[n] = { 2000, 456, -10, 0 }; 


    sort(intArr, intArr + n); 


    printArray(intArr, n); 


  


    string strArr[n] = { "We do nothing", 


                         "Hi I have something", 


                         "Hello Join something!", 


                        "(Why to do work)" }; 


    sort(strArr, strArr + n); 


    printArray(strArr, n); 


  


    float floatArr[n] = { 23.4, 11.4, -9.7, 11.17 }; 


    sort(floatArr, floatArr+n); 


    printArray(floatArr, n); 


  


    return 0; 


} 



















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Output:


-10   0   456   2000   
(Why to do work)   Hello Join something!   Hi I have something   We do nothing   
-9.7   11.17   11.4   23.4







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