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

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int readLine(char **pStr) { char buf[256]; int len; printf("Input string: "); fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), stdin); len = strlen(buf); // remove new line character if (buf[len - 1] == '\n') buf[len - 1] = 0; *pStr = (char *)calloc(len, sizeof(char)); strcpy(*pStr, buf); return len; }

int readLines(char ***pStrings) { int n, i; printf("How many strings to input: "); scanf("%d", &n); // skip newline getc(stdin); *pStrings = (char **)calloc(n, sizeof(char *)); for (i = 0; i < n; i++) readLine(&(*pStrings)[i]); return n; }

int compareStrings(const void *pStr1, const void *pStr2) { return strcmp(*(char **)pStr1, *(char **)pStr2); }

int main() { char **strings; int n, i; n = readLines(&strings); qsort(strings, n, sizeof(char *), compareStrings); printf("Sorted strings: \n"); for (i = 0; i < n; i++) printf("%s\n", strings[i]); // free memory for (i = 0; i < n; i++) free(strings[i]); free(strings); system("PAUSE"); return 0; }