Help, sorting 3 words.

GoodbyeSoberDay1 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:37 am

code:

var words : array 1 .. 3 of string
var temp : array 1 .. 3 of string
var marker : int

for i : 1 .. 3
get words (i)
end for

for i : 1 .. 3
marker := 3
for j : 1 .. 3
if words (i) < words (j) then
marker := marker - 1
end if
temp (marker) := words (i)
end for
end for

for i : 1 .. 3
put temp (i)
end for

If i input words in a certian order such as : dog, cat, fish,
then cat will overwrite the first two spaces in the new array.
Can anyone give me some clues as to how to fix it?[/code]

Tony · **Posted:** Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:37 am

right after this line

temp (marker) := words (i)

put a debug statement, like

put "temp[",marker,"] is now: ", words(i)

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