Computer Science Canada Sorting names ._. |
| Author: | MossyMossy [ Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Sorting names ._. |
I need help and It feels like my heads going to explode, I need names to be sorted in order as ABC ACB BAC BCA CAB CBA my Brain is going to explode, this is what I got so far. Option Explicit On Module Module1 Dim Name1, Name2, Name3 Sub Main() Console.WriteLine("Sorting Three names") Console.WriteLine() 'Space' Console.Write("Enter the first name: ") : Name1 = Console.ReadLine Console.Write("Enter the second name: ") : Name2 = Console.ReadLine Console.Write("Enter the third name: ") : Name3 = Console.ReadLine If Name1 < Name2 And Name2 < Name3 Then Console.Write(Name1 & " " & Name2 & " " & Name3) ElseIf Name1 > Name2 And Name2 > Name3 Then Console.Write(Name3 & " " & Name2 & " " & Name1) ElseIf Name1 > Name2 And Name2 < Name3 Then Console.Write(Name2 & " " & Name1 & " " & Name3) ElseIf Name1 < Name2 And Name1 > Name3 Then Console.Write(Name End If Console.ReadLine() End Sub End Module is all i have, my brain is frozen please help. |
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| Author: | Tony [ Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Sorting names ._. |
Sorting names is just like sorting numbers. You can compare "ab" < "bc" and expect it to work the same as comparing 12 < 23. |
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| Author: | MossyMossy [ Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sorting names ._. |
I think i got it This correct? Option Explicit On Module Module1 Dim Name1, Name2, Name3 Sub Main() Console.WriteLine("Sorting Three names") Console.WriteLine() 'Space' Console.Write("Enter the first name: ") : Name1 = Console.ReadLine Console.Write("Enter the second name: ") : Name2 = Console.ReadLine Console.Write("Enter the third name: ") : Name3 = Console.ReadLine If Name1 < Name2 And Name2 < Name3 Then Console.Write(Name1 & " " & Name2 & " " & Name3) ElseIf Name1 > Name3 And Name3 > Name2 Then Console.Write(Name1 & " " & Name3 & " " & Name2) ElseIf Name2 > Name1 And Name1 < Name3 Then Console.Write(Name2 & " " & Name1 & " " & Name3) ElseIf Name2 > Name3 And Name3 > Name1 Then Console.Write(Name2 & " " & Name3 & " " & Name1) ElseIf Name3 > Name1 And Name1 > Name2 Then Console.Write(Name3 & " " & Name1 & " " & Name2) ElseIf Name1 > Name3 And Name2 > Name1 Then Console.Write(Name3 & " " & Name2 & " " & Name1) Console.ReadLine() End Sub |
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| Author: | Tony [ Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Sorting names ._. |
Well you could just test it and see. How would you change the code to sort 4 different names? |
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