字符串排序只要是用strcmp()函數來確定兩個字符串的順序，一般的做法是讀取字符串函數，排序字符串并打印出來。
輸入示例

o that i was where i would be,
then would i be where i am not,
but where i am i must be,
and where i would be i can not.

輸出示例

and where i would be i can not.
but where i am i must be,
o that i was where i would be,
then would i be where i am not,

程序示例

#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
#define SIZE 81
#define LIM 20       /*可讀入的最多行數*/
#define HALT ""     /*空格字符串停止輸入*/

void stsrt(char *strings[], int num);
char *s_gets(char *st, int n);

int main()
{
    char input[LIM][SIZE]; /*存儲輸入的數組*/
    char *ptstr[LIM];      /*內含指針變量的數組，均指向每一行的首地址*/
    int ct = 0;            /*輸入計數*/
    int k;                 /*輸出計數*/

    printf("input up to %d lines,and i will sort them.\n", LIM);
    printf("to stop,press the enter key at a line's start.\n");
/*此處只需要直接指向字符數組某一行的首地址，便可以實現懟字符串的輸入*/
    while (ct < LIM&&s_gets(input[ct], SIZE) != NULL&&input[ct][0] != '\0')
    {
        ptstr[ct] = input[ct]; /*設置指針指向字符串*/
        ct++;
    }
    stsrt(ptstr, ct);
    puts("\nhere's the sorted list:\n");
    for (k = 0; k < ct; k++)
        puts(ptstr[k]);       /*排序后的指針*/

    return 0;
}
/*選擇排序*/
/*字符串-指針-排序函數&&指針與一維數組*/
void stsrt(char *strings[], int num)
{
    char *temp;
    int top, seek;

    for(top=0;top<num-1;top++)
        for(seek=top+1;seek<num;seek++)
            if (strcmp(strings[top], strings[seek]) > 0)
            {
                temp = strings[top];
                strings[top] = strings[seek];
                strings[seek] = temp;
            }
}
char *s_gets(char *st, int n) /*指針與一維數組*/
{
    char *ret_val;
    int i = 0;

    ret_val = fgets(st, n, stdin);
    if (ret_val)
    {
        while (st[i] != '\n'&&st[i] != '0')
            i++;
        if (st[i] == '\n')  st[i] = '\0';
        else
            while (getchar() != '\n')
                continue;
    }
    return ret_val;
}

關于strcmp()函數：
strcmp()函數比較所有的字符，不只是字母，如果 第一個字符串位于第二個字符串的前面，strcmp()就返回正數，反之則返回負數。