Compare two version numbers version1 and version1.
If version1 > version2 return 1, if version1 < version2 return -1, otherwise return 0.
You may assume that the version strings are non-empty and contain only digits and the .
character.
The .
character does not represent a decimal point and is used to separate number sequences.
For instance, 2.5
is not "two and a half" or "half way to version three", it is the fifth second-level revision of the second first-level revision.
Here is an example of version numbers ordering:
0.1 < 1.1 < 1.2 < 13.37
Credits:
Special thanks to @ts for adding this problem and creating all test cases.
#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
int compareVersion(char *version1, char *version2) {
int i , j , k , data1 = 0 , data2 = 0;
for(i = 0,j = 0; version1[i] != '\0' && version2[j] != '\0';){
if(version1[i] == '.' && version2[j] == '.'){
if(data1 > data2) return 1;
if(data1 < data2) return -1;
data1 = 0;
data2 = 0;
i++;
j++;
}
else if(version1[i] != '.' && version2[j] == '.') {
while(version1[i] != '.' && version1[i] != '\0'){
data1 = data1*10 + version1[i]-'0';
i++;
}
if(version1[i]=='\0') break;
}
else if(version1[i] == '.' && version2[j] != '.') {
while(version2[j] != '.' && version2[j] != '\0'){
data2 = data2*10 + version2[j]-'0';
j++;
}
if(version2[j]=='\0') break;
}
else{
data1 = data1*10 + version1[i]-'0';
data2 = data2*10 + version2[j]-'0';
i++;
j++;
}
}
if(version1[i] == '\0' && version2[j] != '\0') {
if(version2[j] == '.' ) {
k=j+1;
if(data1 > data2) return 1;
if(data1 < data2) return -1;
if(data1 == data2) data1 = 0;
}
else k=j;
if(version2[k-1] == '.') data2 = 0;
while(version2[k] != '\0' && version2[k] != '.'){
data2 = data2*10 + version2[k]-'0';
k++;
}
}
else if(version1[i] != '\0' && version2[j] == '\0') {
if(version1[i] == '.' ) {
k=i+1;
if(data1 > data2) return 1;
if(data1 < data2) return -1;
if(data1 == data2) data2 = 0;
}
else k=i;
if(version1[k-1] == '.') data1 = 0;
while(version1[k] != '\0' && version1[k] != '.'){
data1 = data1*10 + version1[k]-'0';
k++;
}
}
if(data1 > data2) return 1;
if(data1 < data2) return -1;
if(data1 == data2) return 0;
}
void main(){
printf("%d\n",compareVersion("1.0","13.37"));
}