QSORT
Section: C Library Functions (3)
Updated: August 1, 1992
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NAME
qsort - quicker sort
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>
void *qsort(void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size,
int (*compar)(const void *, const void *))
DESCRIPTION
Qsort
is an implementation of the quicker-sort algorithm.
The first argument is a pointer to the base of the data;
the second is the number of elements;
the third is the size of an element in bytes;
the last is the name of the comparison routine
to be called with two arguments which are pointers
to the elements being compared.
The routine must return an integer less than, equal to, or greater than 0
according as the first argument is to be considered
less than, equal to, or greater than the second.
SEE ALSO
sort(1)
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