/*------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /* sort2.c (A Common Dynamic Memory Management Error) */ /*------------------------------------------------------------------*/ #include /*------------------------------------------------------------------*/ static void insertionSort(double *pdArray, int iNumberCount) /* Sort pdArray[0..iNumberCount-1] in ascending order. */ { int i1; int i2; double dTemp; for (i1 = 1; i1 < iNumberCount; i1++) for (i2 = i1; i2 > 0; i2--) if (pdArray[i2] < pdArray[i2-1]) { dTemp = pdArray[i2]; pdArray[i2] = pdArray[i2-1]; pdArray[i2-1] = dTemp; } } /*------------------------------------------------------------------*/ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) /* Read numbers from stdin, and write them in ascending order to stdout. */ { int iNumberCount; int iLength; double dNumber; int i; /* Ask the user how many numbers there are, and dynamically allocate an array accordingly. */ printf("How many numbers (max) will you enter? "); scanf("%d", &iLength); double pdArray[iLength]; /* Not in C89!!!!! */ /* Read the numbers into an array. */ iNumberCount = 0; while (scanf("%lf", &dNumber) != EOF) { pdArray[iNumberCount] = dNumber; iNumberCount++; } /* Sort the array. */ insertionSort(pdArray, iNumberCount); /* Write the numbers from the array. */ for (i = 0; i < iNumberCount; i++) printf("%g\n", pdArray[i]); return 0; } /* $ gcc -Wall -ansi -pedantic -o sort2 sort2.c sort2.c: In function `main': sort2.c:46: warning: ISO C89 forbids variable-size array `pdArray' sort2.c:46: warning: ISO C90 forbids mixed declarations and code */