alphabetical order

[Reaper1]

// Includes
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <conio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

// Prototypes
void students();
int exit();

// Students Function
void students()
{
	int number;
	char name[25];

	cout << "\n\nEnter the number of students: ";
	cin >> number;

	for ( int i = 0 ; i < number ; i++)
	{
		cout << "Enter first and last name: ";
		cin.getline(name, 25);
	}
	cout << endl;

	_getch();
}
// Exit Function
int exit()
{
	cout << "\n\nThis program is exiting.";

	return (0);
}
// Main Function
int main()
{
	int choice;

	cout << "This will display student names in alphabetical order by first name.\n\n";

	do
	{
		cout << "--------------------" << endl;
		cout << "|                  |" << endl;
		cout << "|                  |" << endl;
		cout << "| 1. Students      |" << endl;
		cout << "| 2. Exit          |" << endl;
		cout << "|                  |" << endl;
		cout << "|                  |" << endl;
		cout << "--------------------" << endl;

		cout << "\n\nEnter Choice: ";
		cin >> choice;

		while ( choice < 1 || choice > 2)
		{
			cout << "\n\nPlease re-enter choice, it must be 1 or 2.\n\n" << endl;

			cout << "--------------------" << endl;
			cout << "|                  |" << endl;
			cout << "|                  |" << endl;
			cout << "| 1. Students      |" << endl;
			cout << "| 2. Exit          |" << endl;
			cout << "|                  |" << endl;
			cout << "|                  |" << endl;
			cout << "--------------------" << endl;

			cout << "\n\nEnter Choice: ";
			cin >> choice;
		}
		switch ( choice )
		{
			case 1: students(); break;
			case 2: exit(); break;
		}
	} while ( choice !=2 );
	_getch();

	return 0;
}

Im having trouble in the students function i need the name entered put in alphabetical order but anyway i try i cant seem to get it.

Anyone got any suggestions on how i could do it.

[AleaIactaEst]

Because std::string has comparison operators (http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/operators/ ), you can store all these student names as strings in a std::vector and use the sort algorithm (http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/algorithm/sort/ ) to sort the list of students in alphabetical order.

This should work because of the layout of the ASCII-Code, but you might have to check for some special cases like comparison of a space character ' ' with letters or comparison of capital with small letters, depending on which order you want to use (a < A < b < B < ... or a < b < c < ... < A < B < ...)

[Reaper1]

Ok and those links you gave for some reason are coming up as 404 page not found.

[AleaIactaEst]

That's because the closing bracket ) was added to the link, i edited my post above so that the links work now