Exercise 5.17 - Sorting with options

Question

Add a field-searching capability, so sorting may bee done on fields within lines, each field sorted according to an independent set of options. (The index for this book was sorted with -df for the index category and -n for the page numbers.)

/* Add a field handling capablity, so sorting may be done on the fields within lines, 
    each field sorted according to an independent set of options. ( The index for the KnR Book was sorted with -df for the index category and -n for page number */

#include<stdio.h>
#include<ctype.h>

#define NUMERIC  1    /* numeric sort */
#define DECR    2    /* sort in decreasing order */
#define    FOLD    4    /* fold upper and lower case */
#define MDIR    8    /* directory order */
#define LINES    100    /* maximum number of lines to be sorted */

int charcmp(char *, char *);

void error(char *);

int numcmp(char *, char *);

void readargs(int argc, char *argv[]);

int readlines(char *lineptr[], int maxlines);

void myqsort(void *v[], int left, int right, int (*comp)(void *, void *));

void writelines(char *lineptr[], int nlines, int order);

int option = 0;

int pos1 = 0;    /* field begining with pos 1 */
int pos2 = 0;    /* ending just before pos 2 */


/* Sort input line */

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    char *lineptr[LINES];    /* pointer to text lines */
    int nlines;        /* number of input lines read */
    int rc = 0;

    readargs(argc, argv);

    if ((nlines = readlines(lineptr, LINES)) > 0) {
        if (option & NUMERIC)
            myqsort((void **) lineptr, 0, nlines - 1, (int (*)(void *, void *)) numcmp);
        else
            myqsort((void **) lineptr, 0, nlines - 1, (int (*)(void *, void *)) charcmp);

        writelines(lineptr, nlines, option & DECR);
    } else {
        printf("input too big to sort \n");
        rc = -1;
    }

    return rc;
}

/* readargs: read programs argument */

void readargs(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    int c;
    int atoi(char *);

    while (--argc > 0 && (c = (*++argv)[0]) == '-' || c == '+') {
        if (c == '-' && !isdigit(*(argv[0] + 1)))
            while (c = *++argv[0])
                switch (c) {
                    case 'd':    /* directory order */
                        option |= MDIR;
                        break;
                    case 'f':
                        /* fold upper and lower */
                        option |= FOLD;
                        break;
                    case 'n':
                        /* numeric sort */
                        option |= NUMERIC;
                        break;
                    case 'r':
                        option |= DECR;
                        break;
                    default:
                        printf("sort: illegal option %c \n", c);
                        error("Usage: sort -dfnr [+pos1] [-pos2]");
                        break;
                }
        else if (c == '-')
            pos2 = atoi(argv[0] + 1);
        else if ((pos1 = atoi(argv[0] + 1)) < 0)
            error("Usage: sort -dfnr [+pos1][-pos2]");
    }

    if (argc || pos1 > pos2)
        error("Usage: sort -dfnr [+pos1] [-pos2]");
}

/* The source file numcmp.c */

#include<math.h>
#include<ctype.h>
#include<string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#define MAXSTR 100

void substr(char *s, char *t, int maxstr);

/* numcmp: compare s1 and s2 numerically */

int numcmp(char *s1, char *s2) {
    double v1, v2;
    char str[MAXSTR];

    substr(s1, str, MAXSTR);
    v1 = atof(str);

    substr(s2, str, MAXSTR);
    v2 = atof(str);

    if (v1 < v2)
        return -1;
    else if (v1 > v2)
        return 1;
    else
        return 0;
}

#define FOLD    4    /* fold upper and lower cases */
#define MDIR    8    /* directory order */

/* charcmp: return < 0 if s < t, 0 if s =t, >0 if s > t */
int charcmp(char *s, char *t) {
    char a, b;
    int i, j, endpos;

    extern int option, pos1, pos2;
    int fold = (option & FOLD) ? 1 : 0;
    int dir = (option & MDIR) ? 1 : 0;

    i = j = pos1;

    if (pos2 > 0)
        endpos = pos2;
    else if ((endpos = strlen(s)) > strlen(t))
        endpos = strlen(t);

    do {
        if (dir) {
            while (i < endpos && !isalnum(s[i]) && s[i] != ' ' && s[i] != '\0')
                s[i] != ' ' && s[i] != '\0';
            i++;
            while (j < endpos && !isalnum(t[j]) && t[j] != ' ' && t[j] != '\0')
                t[j] != ' ' && t[j] != '\0';
            j++;
        }
        if (i < endpos && j < endpos) {
            a = fold ? tolower(s[i]) : s[i];
            i++;
            b = fold ? tolower(t[j]) : t[j];
            j++;

            if (a == b && a == '\0')
                return 0;
        }
    } while (a == b && i < endpos && j < endpos);

    return a - b;
}

/* The source file substr.c */

#include<string.h>

void error(char *);

/* substr: get a substring of S and put in str */

void substr(char *s, char *str, int maxstr) {
    int i, j, len;
    extern int pos1, pos2;

    len = strlen(s);

    if (pos2 > 0 && len > pos2)
        len = pos2;
    else if (pos2 > 0 && len < pos2)
        error("substr: string too short");
    for (j = 0, i = pos1; i < len; i++, j++)
        str[j] = str[i];
    str[j] = '\0';
}

/* error: print error message and exit */

void error(char *s) {
    printf("%s \n", s);
    exit(1);
}


void swap(void *v[], int i, int j) {
    void *temp;

    temp = v[i];
    v[i] = v[j];
    v[j] = temp;
}

/* myqsort: sort v[left] ... v[right] into increasing order */

void myqsort(void *v[], int left, int right, int (*comp)(void *, void *)) {
    int i, last;
    void swap(void *v[], int, int);

    if (left >= right)        /* do nothing if array contains */
        return;

    swap(v, left, (left + right) / 2);
    last = left;

    for (i = left + 1; i <= right; i++)
        if ((*comp)(v[i], v[left]) < 0)
            swap(v, ++last, i);
    swap(v, left, last);

    myqsort(v, left, last - 1, comp);
    myqsort(v, last + 1, right, comp);
}


#define MAXLEN    1000        /* max length of any input line  */

int mgetline(char *, int);

char *alloc(int);

/* readlines: read input lines */
int readlines(char *lineptr[], int maxlines) {
    int len, nlines;
    char *p, line[MAXLEN];

    nlines = 0;
    while ((len = mgetline(line, MAXLEN)) > 0)
        if (nlines >= maxlines || (p = alloc(len)) == NULL)
            return -1;
        else {
            line[len - 1] = '\0';    /* delete newline */
            strcpy(p, line);
            lineptr[nlines++] = p;
        }
    return nlines;
}

/* writelines: write output lines */
void writelines(char *lineptr[], int nlines, int order) {
    int i;

    for (i = 0; i < nlines; i++)
        printf("%s\n", lineptr[i]);
}


#define ALLOCSIZE 10000            /* size of available space */

static char allocbuf[ALLOCSIZE];    /* storage for alloc */
static char *allocp = allocbuf;        /* next free position */

char *alloc(int n)            /* return pointer to n characters */
{
    if (allocbuf + ALLOCSIZE - allocp >= n) {
        allocp += n;
        return allocp - n;    /* old p */
    } else                /* not enough room */
        return 0;
}

void afree(char *p)        /* free storage pointed to by p */
{
    if (p >= allocbuf && p < allocbuf + ALLOCSIZE)
        allocp = p;
}


/* mgetline: read a line into s,return length */

int mgetline(char s[], int lim) {
    int c, i;

    for (i = 0; i < lim - 1 && (c = getchar()) != EOF && c != '\n'; ++i)
    s[i] = c;
    if (c == '\n') {
        s[i] = c;
        ++i;
    }

    s[i] = '\0';
    return i;
}
            

Explanation

This program is an enhanced version of the previous sort program. The main difference is that it can sort text based on specific fields (portions) within each line, rather than just sorting entire lines. This is particularly useful for sorting structured data like tables or indexes.

Key differences from the previous version:

Added field handling with two new parameters:

+pos1: Specifies where to start looking in each line (starting position) -pos2: Specifies where to stop looking in each line (ending position)

Example usage:

# Original data (index with page numbers): Arrays, dynamic 125 Arrays, initialization 89 Arrays, multidimensional 110

sort -df +0 -2 -n +2

# Using an example line: "Arrays, dynamic 125"

Let’s separate each part:

  • -df: These are sorting options

  • -d: Directory order (only considers letters, numbers, and spaces)

  • -f: Fold case (treats uppercase and lowercase as the same)

+0 -2: This specifies the first field to sort by
  • +0: Start from position 0 (beginning of line)

  • -2: Stop before position 2 (in this case, the text portion)

So this would look at “Arrays, dynamic”

-n +2: This specifies the second field to sort by
  • -n: Use numeric sorting

  • +2: Start from position 2 (where the numbers are)

  • So this would look at “125”