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In this assignment you will be using quicksort to sort an array of car objects by various criteria.
Define a struct Car as follows:
#define MAX_STRING_LENGTH
typedef struct Car_ {
char make[MAX_STRING_LENGTH];
char model[MAX_STRING_LENGTH];
int mpg; /* Miles per gallon */
} Car;
a) (2 points) Implement a function called compareCarsByMakeThenModel that can be passed as
an argument to the compare parameter of the qksort function from the book.
compareCarsByMakeThenModel should return a value that will cause qksort to sort an
array of cars in ascending order (from smallest to largest) by make and, when two cars have the
same make, in ascending order by model.
b) (2 points) Implement a function called compareCarsByDescendingMPG that can be passed as
an argument to the compare parameter of the qksort function from the book.
compareCarsByDescendingMPG should return a value that will cause qksort to sort an array
of cars in descending order (from largest to smallest) by mpg.
c) (2 points) Implement a function called compareCarsByMakeThenDescendingMPG that can be
passed as an argument to the compare parameter of the qksort function from the book.
compareCarsByMakeThenDescendingMPG should return a value that will cause qksort to
sort an array of cars in ascending order by make and, when two cars have the same make, in
descending order by mpg.
d) (3 points) Write a program that tests your functions from parts a-c with the following array of
cars:
Car cars[] = {
{ “Toyota”, “Camry”, 33 },
{ “Ford”, “Focus”, 40 },
{ “Honda”, “Accord”, 34 },
{ “Ford”, “Mustang”, 31 },
{ “Honda”, “Civic”, 39 },
{ “Toyota”, “Prius”, 48 },
{ “Honda”, “Fit”, 35 },
{ “Toyota”, “Corolla”, 35 },
{ “Ford”, “Taurus”, 28 }
};
Your test program should do the following:
1. Output (displaying make, model, and MPG) the cars in original unsorted order.
2. Output the cars sorted (using qksort from the book) by make then model.
3. Output the cars sorted (using qksort from the book) by descending MPG.
4. Output the cars sorted (using qksort from the book) by make then descending MPG.
e) (1 point) Make sure your source code is well-commented, consistently formatted, uses no
magic numbers/values, follows programming best-practices, and is ANSI-compliant.
Turn in all source code, program output, diagrams, and answers to questions in a single
Word or PDF document.