minix man page for qsort

Query: qsort

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QSORT(3)						     Library Functions Manual							  QSORT(3)

NAME
qsort - quicker sort
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h> #include <stdlib.h> void qsort(void *base, size_t nel, size_t width, 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 num- ber of elements; the third is the width of an element in bytes; the last is the name of the comparison routine to be called with two argu- ments which are pointers to the elements being compared. The routine must return an integer less than, equal to, or greater than 0 accord- ing as the first argument is to be considered less than, equal to, or greater than the second.
SEE ALSO
sort(1). 4th Berkeley Distribution May 15, 1985 QSORT(3)
Related Man Pages
qsort(3) - linux
mergesort(3) - mojave
qsort_r(3) - linux
qsort(3) - debian
qsort(3p) - suse
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