C++ sort array of strings

Question

I am trying to sort an array of strings, but it\'s not sorting anything.... what am I doing wrong?

string namesS[MAX_NAMES];

int compare (const void * a, co         


        

Answer 1

You can use boost::sort, like this:

#include 
#include 

std::vector stringarray;
boost::sort(stringarray);

If you want use find use boost::find, like this:

std::string findme;
auto offset = boost::find(stringarray, findme) - stringarray.begin()

See 2 useful functions (m_stringarray should be member of ClassA):

const size_t ClassA::GetIdByName(std::string name) const
{
    return (boost::find(this->m_stringarray, name) - this->m_stringarray.begin());
}

const std::string ClassA::GetNameById(size_t id) const
{
    return this->m_stringarray[id];
}