(5.2) In the context of the same file management system, it is planned to offer a sorted view of files by name. For that purpose, there is a need for a compare function that takes two strings (file names) and returns: 0: if both files are the same -1: if the first string comes alphabetically before the second string 1: if the first string comes alphabetically after the second string Examples: compare (abc, abc) → 0 compare (abc, de) → -1 compare (xyz, abcde) → 1 i. Design the compare algorithm as described above. Use pseudocode to describe your algorithm. ii. What is the runtime complexity of your algorithm?

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(5.2) In the context of the same file management system, it is planned to offer a sorted
view of files by name.
For that purpose, there is a need for a compare function that takes two strings (file
names) and returns:
0: if both files are the same
-1: if the first string comes alphabetically before the second string
1: if the first string comes alphabetically after the second string
Examples:
compare (abc, abc) → ()
compare (abc, de) →-1
compare (xyz, abcde) → 1
i. Design the compare algorithm as described above. Use pseudocode to describe
your algorithm.
ii. What is the runtime complexity of your algorithm?
Transcribed Image Text:(5.2) In the context of the same file management system, it is planned to offer a sorted view of files by name. For that purpose, there is a need for a compare function that takes two strings (file names) and returns: 0: if both files are the same -1: if the first string comes alphabetically before the second string 1: if the first string comes alphabetically after the second string Examples: compare (abc, abc) → () compare (abc, de) →-1 compare (xyz, abcde) → 1 i. Design the compare algorithm as described above. Use pseudocode to describe your algorithm. ii. What is the runtime complexity of your algorithm?
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