** EDIT: sorry, typo in my title. I meant to write 3 pointers instead of 2.
I am trying to revise/create a function in which it is given given three pointers to floats and reorders the values pointed to into ascending order.
The prototype for the function would be:
void reorder(float *a, float *b, float *c);
i.e. when the function is done, the following should hold:
*a <= *b <= *c
Input: 3 1 2
Expected output: 1 2 3
I have already created one function (swapbig) and a test driver (main) for it. Swapbig () simply swaps the values in the cells pointed to such that the value pointed to by the first is less than (or equal to) the value pointed to by the second.
My assignment is to create a new driver an another function (reorder) that will implement the swapbig function.
Here are my programs along with their headers:
/* File: driver1.c */
/* Driver to test out swapbig function */
#include <stdio.h>
#define DEBUG
int main()
{
// Declarations
float a, b;
float flag;
// Prompt user for values of pointeres
#ifdef DEBUG
printf("Enter value for a, b: ");
#endif
// Scan input
flag = scanf("%f %f", &a, &b);
// While there is more input
while ( flag != EOF)
{
// Print initial values
printf("Given values:\t a = %f, b = %f\n", a, b);
// Call function
swap_big(&a, &b);
#ifdef DEBUG
printf("Enter value for a,b: ");
#endif
// Re-scan input
flag = scanf("%f %f", &a, &b);
}
}
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/* File: swapbig.h */
// Header file for swapbig.c
void swap_big(float *a, float *b);
/* Given : two pointers to floats
Returns: swaps the values in the cells pointed
to such that the value pointed by the first
is less than or equal to the vlaue pointed to
by the second
*/
-----
/* File: swapbig.c */
#include <stdio.h>
#include "swapbig.h"
#define DEBUG
void swap_big(float *x, float *y)
/* Given : two pointers to floats
* Returns: swaps the values in the cells pointed
to such that the value pointed by the first
is less than or equal to the vlaue pointed to
by the second
*/
{
// Declarations
float tempx, tempy;
// save first value
tempx = *x;
// save second value
tempy = *y;
// SWAPPING VALUES:
// move second value to first value
*x = *y;
// move first value to second
*y = tempx;
#ifdef DEBUG
printf("Swapped values:\n");
printf(" First pointer *a = %f\n", *x);
printf(" Second pointer *b = %f\n", *y);
#endif
// If value pointed by first is greater than second
if (*x > *y)
{
*x = tempx;
*y = tempy;
#ifdef DEBUG
printf("First pointer must be less than or\n equal to second pointer, so correct swap is:\n");
printf(" First pointer *a = %f\n", *x);
printf(" Second pointer *b = %f\n", *y);
#endif
}
else
{
#ifdef DEBUG
printf("Value pointed by first is less than or\n equal to value pointed by second.\n");
#endif
}
// Skip a line for readable next input
printf("\n");
}And this is what I am now working on:
/* File: driver2.c */
/* Driver to test out reorder() function */
#include <stdio.h>
#include "swapbig.h"
#include "reorder.h"
#define DEBUG
int main()
{
// Declarations
float a, b, c;
float flag;
// Prompt user for float values
#ifdef DEBUG
printf("Enter values for a, b, c: ");
#endif
flag = scanf("%f %f %f", &a, &b, &c);
while ( flag != EOF )
{
// Print inital values
printf("Given values: a = %f, b = %f, c = %f\n", a, b, c);
// Call function to order values into ascending order
reorder(&a, &b, &c);
// Prompt user for float values
#ifdef DEBUG
printf("Enter values for a, b, c: ");
#endif
flag = scanf("%f %f %f", &a, &b, &c);
}
}
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/* File: reorder.c */
// This file contains function reorder()
#include <stdio.h>
#include "reorder.h"
#include "swapbig.h"
#define DEBUG
void reorder(float *a, float *b, float *c)
/* Given : three pointers to float
* Returns: the value reordered into ascending order
*/
{
swap_big(*a, *b);
}I suddenly got stuck on the file reorder.c because I just realized that swap_big does not return any values and I am supposed to keep this function declared as void. If it weren't void, I would have used if-else statements. But perhaps there might be an easier way to do this? Could someone please give me some tips or suggestions?
