Sorting Array of Strings

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    include

    include

    include

    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 count_a = 0, count_b = 0; int freq_a[26] = {0}, freq_b[26] = {0};

    for (int i = 0; i < strlen(a); i++) {
        if (freq_a[a[i] - 'a'] == 0) {
            count_a++;
            freq_a[a[i] - 'a'] = 1;
        }
    }
    
    for (int i = 0; i < strlen(b); i++) {
        if (freq_b[b[i] - 'a'] == 0) {
            count_b++;
            freq_b[b[i] - 'a'] = 1;
        }
    }
    
    if (count_a == count_b) {
        return strcmp(a, b);
    } else {
        return (count_a - count_b);
    }
    

    }

    int sort_by_length(const char* a, const char* b) { int len_a = strlen(a); int len_b = strlen(b);

    if (len_a == len_b) {
        return strcmp(a, b);
    } else {
        return (len_a - len_b);
    }
    

    }

    void string_sort(char** arr, const int len, int (cmp_func)(const char a, const char* b)) { for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) { for (int j = i + 1; j < len; j++) { if (cmp_func(arr[i], arr[j]) > 0) { char* temp = arr[i]; arr[i] = arr[j]; arr[j] = 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");
    

    }