Need to sort an array of objects of type PhoneEntry, using PhoneEntry's greaterAlpha to do your comparisons. I have the sort function, but I'm not sure how to get everything working together.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
class PhoneNumber
{
    private:
    int area;
    int prefix;
    int suffix;
    public:
    istream& readNumber(istream&);
    ostream& printNumber(ostream&) const;
};
//***************************************************************************
istream& PhoneNumber::readNumber(istream& fin)
{
    return fin >> area >> prefix >> suffix;
}
//***************************************************************************
ostream& PhoneNumber::printNumber(ostream& fout) const
{
    return fout << area << "-" << prefix << "-" << suffix;
}
//***************************************************************************
class PhoneEntry
{
    private:
    string lastName;
    string firstName;
		
    PhoneNumber phone;
    ostream& _printDots(ostream&, int) const;
    public:
    greaterAlpha(PhoneEntry);
    istream& readEntry(istream&);
    ostream& printEntry(ostream&) const;
};
//***************************************************************************
ostream& PhoneEntry::_printDots(ostream& fout, int dots) const
{
    if (dots % 2 == 1) // odd number of spaces, start with extra space
    {
        fout << " ";  // start with 1 space.
        dots--;
    }
    else
    {
        fout << "  "; // even number of spaces, start with two spaces
        dots -= 2;
    }
    while (dots > 0)
    {
        fout << ". ";
        dots -= 2;
    }
    return fout;
}
//***************************************************************************
//
PhoneEntry::greaterAlpha(PhoneEntry entry)
{
void mySort(string array[], int size)
{
    string temp;
    int tempsub;
      
    for (int i=0; i<size - 1; ++i)
    {
        temp = array[i];
        tempsub = i;
        for (int j = i + 1; j < size; ++j)
        {
            if (array[j] < temp)
            {
                temp = array[j];
                tempsub = j;
            }
        }
        array[tempsub] = array[i];
        array[i] = temp;
    }
}
}
//***************************************************************************
istream& PhoneEntry::readEntry(istream& fin)
{
    fin >> lastName >> firstName;
    if (fin)
        phone.readNumber(fin);
    return fin;
}
//***************************************************************************
ostream& PhoneEntry::printEntry(ostream& fout) const
{
    fout << lastName << ", " << firstName;
    _printDots(fout, 30 - lastName.size() - firstName.size() -2);
    phone.printNumber(fout);
    fout << endl;
    return fout;
}
//***************************************************************************
//  Repeatedly reads PhoneEntry's and prints formatted PhoneEntry's.
//  Meant for input to be redirected from a file.
//
int main() {
    const int MAX_COUNT = 500;
    PhoneEntry  directory[MAX_COUNT],
                loadEntry;
    int dirIndex(0),
        dirCount;
    while (loadEntry.readEntry(cin) )
    {
        if (dirIndex < MAX_COUNT)
        {
            directory[dirIndex++] = loadEntry;  
        }
        else
        {
            cerr << "Over " << MAX_COUNT << " entries, exiting." << endl;
            exit(1);
        }
    }
    dirCount = dirIndex;
    for (int i = 0; i < dirCount; ++i)
    {
        directory[i].printEntry(cout);
    }
    return 0;
}

You can't have nested functions like you posted in red.

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