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January 6, 2014 20:34
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Script to verify if a given C string is a permutation of other C string
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#include <stdlib.h> | |
#include <stdio.h> | |
#include <stdbool.h> | |
#include <string.h> | |
char *sortString (char *stringToSort) | |
{ | |
int stringLenght = strlen(stringToSort); | |
char *sortedString = strdup(stringToSort); | |
for (int i = 0; i < stringLenght; ++i) | |
{ | |
for (int j = i; j < stringLenght; ++j) | |
{ | |
int char1 = stringToSort[i]; | |
int char2 = stringToSort[j]; | |
if(char1 > char2) | |
{ | |
sortedString[j] = stringToSort[i]; | |
sortedString[i] = stringToSort[j]; | |
stringToSort = strdup(sortedString); | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
printf("Sorted string: %s\n", sortedString); | |
return sortedString; | |
} | |
bool isPermutation (char *sourceString, char *stringToValidate) | |
{ | |
int sourceStringLenght = strlen(sourceString); | |
int stringToValidateLenght = strlen(stringToValidate); | |
if(sourceStringLenght != stringToValidateLenght) return false; | |
sourceString = sortString(sourceString); | |
stringToValidate = sortString(stringToValidate); | |
return (strcmp(sourceString, stringToValidate) == 0); | |
} | |
int main(int argc, char const *argv[]) | |
{ | |
char *string1 = "abc"; | |
char *string2 = "bac"; | |
if(isPermutation(string1,string2)) | |
{ | |
printf("Omg it's a permutation"); | |
} | |
else | |
{ | |
printf("It isn't a permutation"); | |
} | |
return 0; | |
} |
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