sorting string array

[gcampton]

Sorry I know there's lots of topics on this, i did internal search and was flooded, with hundred of pages. But my question will be brief and at least in my mind specific as I could not find the answer in the 20 odd posts I read after search.

On the page: http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/algorithm/sort/
it uses vectors, which I still have done little reading on yet. We haven't covered in class. the example uses:
sort (myvector.begin(), myvector.end(), myobject);

so an alternate to this using arrays would be:

const int arraySize=1000;
string myArray[];
fillArray(myArray);    // fills array with input file, 1 line = 1 string
sort (myArray[0], myArray[arraySize], myArray);

is this correct?

Thanks, g

[Bazzy]

sort (myArray[0], myArray[arraySize], myArray)
Change subscripting with +, the last argument should be a comparison function
sort (myArray, myArray+arraySize, SomeConversionFunction);
If it is an array of std::strings, you can omit the last argument and the default < operator would be used

[gcampton]

Change subscripting with +, the last argument should be a comparison function

isn't that only in case you want to sort a small selection of the array for example the first 10 elements?

sort (myArray, myArray+10, SomeConversionFunction);

I want to sort the whole array.

[gcampton]

I used

#inlcude <algorithm> 
using std::sort;

and both methods didn't work
EDIT: with +
49: error: no match for 'operator+' in 'sSArray[100] + StringSort::arraySize'

and just using sSArray[arraySize] gave me about 50 errors, about cyg_utils that didn't make much sense

[Bazzy]

If you want to sort the whole array, you'll need to add the array size.
What error are you getting?

[gcampton]

using sort(sSArray[0],sSArray+arraySize);

(yea im using std::string)

49: error: no matching function for call to 'sort(std::string&, std::string*)'

using sort(sSArray[0],sSArray+arraySize,<);
error: expected primary-expression before <'

[Bazzy]

I told you to remove subscripting
sort(sSArray,sSArray+arraySize);

sSArray[x] is an object of std::string
sSArray+x is a pointer to std::string

[gcampton]

woops sorry, missread... :D thank you very much