personal script that checks if a string meets a specified order. example usage: g++ order_compliant.c -o order_compliant cat /usr/share/dict/words | ./order_compliant > accepted_words.txt

order_compliant.c

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cstring>

int complies(const char * word){
	char order[30];
	int wordLength, wordPointer, orderLength, orderPointer;
	
	strcpy(order, "qazwsxedcrfvtgbyhnujmikolp");
	
	wordLength = strlen(word);
	orderLength = strlen(order);
	orderPointer = 0;
	
	for(wordPointer = 0; wordPointer < wordLength; wordPointer++){
		while(1){		
			if(tolower(word[wordPointer]) == order[orderPointer]){
				orderPointer++; //increment even if it's found because I don't accept doubles
				break;
			} else {
				orderPointer++;
			}
			if(orderPointer == orderLength + 1){
				return 0;
			}
		}
	}
	return(1);
}

int main(int argc, char * argv[]){
	std::string line;
	while(std::getline(std::cin, line)){
		if(complies(line.c_str())){
			std::cout << line << std::endl;
		}
	}
	return 0;
}