v7 man page for qsort

Query: qsort

OS: v7

Section: 3

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QSORT(3)						     Library Functions Manual							  QSORT(3)

NAME
qsort - quicker sort
SYNOPSIS
qsort(base, nel, width, compar) char *base; int (*compar)( );
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) QSORT(3)
Related Man Pages
qsort(3) - linux
qsort(3) - debian
qsort_r(3) - debian
qsort_r(3) - centos
qsort(3c) - hpux
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