1QSORT(3) Library Functions Manual QSORT(3)
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6 qsort - quicker sort
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9 qsort(base, nel, width, compar)
10 char *base;
11 int (*compar)( );
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14 Qsort is an implementation of the quicker-sort algorithm. The first
15 argument is a pointer to the base of the data; the second is the number
16 of elements; the third is the width of an element in bytes; the last is
17 the name of the comparison routine to be called with two arguments
18 which are pointers to the elements being compared. The routine must
19 return an integer less than, equal to, or greater than 0 according as
20 the first argument is to be considered less than, equal to, or greater
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24 sort(1)
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