How to use bucket sort to sort a set of strings

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I have a set of strings say Set S = {string1, string2 ... upto N }. I need to sort them lexicographically.

How to use bucket sort to do so ?

Also tell any other efficient method that can be used to solve the question.

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tmyklebu On BEST ANSWER

Sort by the first character. This gives you some number of "buckets." Sort each nonempty bucket starting with the second character. Repeat until the whole thing is sorted.