Sorting Array of Strings

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    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <string.h>
    int lexicographic_sort(const char* a, const char* b) {
        return strcmp(a, b);
    }
    
    int lexicographic_sort_reverse(const char* a, const char* b) {
        return strcmp(b, a);
    }
    
    int sort_by_number_of_distinct_characters(const char* a, const char* b) {
        int countA[26] = {0};
        int distinctA = 0;
        for(int i = 0; a[i] != '\0'; i++){
            if(countA[a[i] - 'a'] == 0){
                distinctA++;
                countA[a[i] - 'a'] = 1;                        
            }
        }
        int countB[26] = {0};
        int distinctB = 0;
        for(int i = 0; b[i] != '\0'; i++){
            if(countB[b[i] - 'a'] == 0){
                distinctB++;
                countB[b[i] - 'a'] = 1;                        
            }
        }
        if(distinctA != distinctB){
            return (distinctA - distinctB);
        }
        else{
            return strcmp(a, b);        
        }        
    }
    
    int sort_by_length(const char* a, const char* b) {
        int lengthA = strlen(a);
        int lengthB = strlen(b);
        if(lengthA != lengthB){
            return (lengthA - lengthB);
        }
        else{
            return strcmp(a, b);        
        }    
    }
    
    void string_sort(char** arr,const int len,int (*cmp_func)(const char* a, const char* b)){
        for(int i = 0; i < len - 1; i++){
            for(int j = 0; j < len - 1 - i; j++){
                if(cmp_func(arr[j], arr[j + 1]) > 0){
                    char* temp = arr[j];
                    arr[j] = arr[j + 1];
                    arr[j + 1] = temp;
                }
            }
        }
    }
    
    
    int main() 
    {
        int n;
        scanf("%d", &n);
      
        char** arr;
    	arr = (char**)malloc(n * sizeof(char*));
      
        for(int i = 0; i < n; i++){
            *(arr + i) = malloc(1024 * sizeof(char));
            scanf("%s", *(arr + i));
            *(arr + i) = realloc(*(arr + i), strlen(*(arr + i)) + 1);
        }
      
        string_sort(arr, n, lexicographic_sort);
        for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
            printf("%s\n", arr[i]);
        printf("\n");
    
        string_sort(arr, n, lexicographic_sort_reverse);
        for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
            printf("%s\n", arr[i]); 
        printf("\n");
    
        string_sort(arr, n, sort_by_length);
        for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
            printf("%s\n", arr[i]);    
        printf("\n");
    
        string_sort(arr, n, sort_by_number_of_distinct_characters);
        for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
            printf("%s\n", arr[i]); 
        printf("\n");
    }