Word Sort

C function that sorts words within a string.

Language

Written in:

• c

Function Description

Takes in a space separated string of words with a buffer and a flag value; sorts the words in the string into the provided buffer in lexical order. The buffer is truncated to a single delimiter if the string consists of only spaces.

Arguments:

char* src: string containing words to sort. char* dst: destination buffer to store sorted words. unsigned int dst_len: length of the destination buffer. unsigned int flags: flag to alter sorting behavior

Flags:

WORD_SORT_REVERSE 0x1 WORD_SORT_IGNORE_CASE 0x2

Return Value:

Returns the number of characters written into the buffer including the terminator if successful or 0 otherwise.

Test

run make test in the project directory