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Due: Before 0800 on next class day

  1. (10 pts) Read today's lecture notes. Honestly declare how you read the notes.
    1. (10 pts) I read the notes carefully. I have a good understanding of the topics therein.
    2. (10 pts) I read the notes carefully, but I don't really understand the following points well:
    3. (0 pts) I didn't read the notes carefully.

  2. [10pts] Suppose you are writing a program that reads strings from the user and prints them in order. Assume that the usual selection_sort function has already been defined for strings.

    Define a before() function so that the strings may be ordered as follows:
    • In increasing order of the last character.
    • Any two strings with the same last charater should be ordered alphabetically in increasing order (i.e., according to the ASCII code).
    See an example on the right.     		 
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