C++, sorting char strings and searching?

I am assigned to do a problem that the book doesn't have an example for. I've know how to search when there are only integers, but this, I don't know how to do. I would really appreciated if someone can show me how this problem is done. It goes like this: Modify the "selectionSort" function presented in this chapter so it searches an array of strings instead of an array of ints. Test the function with a driver program. Use program 8-8 as a skeleton to complete. ---I have uploaded the .cpp file "skeleton" to the link http://www.filecrunch.com/file/~s5y8ik Thanks again for your time.

C++, sorting char strings and searching?
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Reply:Basically, I took the selection sort from Wikipedia, modified it to work with comparing char*s rather than ints, and changed variable names to work with your code skeleton.





Don't forget to test it.





int i, j, min;


for (i = 0; i %26lt; NUM_NAMES - 1; i++) {


min = i;


for (j = i+1; j %26lt; NUM_NAMES; j++) {


if (strcmp(names[j], names[min] %26lt; 0) {


min = j;


}


}


//swap the first element of this pass (i) with the minimum element of this pass (min)


char* temp = a[i];


a[i] = a[min];


a[min] = temp;


}