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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF |
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE. |
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.\" |
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.\" $OpenBSD: qsort.3,v 1.21 2019/01/21 20:34:14 otto Exp $ |
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.\" $OpenBSD: qsort.3,v 1.22 2019/01/21 20:43:27 tedu Exp $ |
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.\" |
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.Dd $Mdocdate: January 21 2019 $ |
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.Dt QSORT 3 |
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int |
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cmp(const void *a, const void *b) |
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{ |
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/* a and b point to an element of the array */ |
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/* |
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* a and b point to elements of the array. |
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* Cast and dereference to obtain the actual elements, |
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* which are also pointers in this case. |
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*/ |
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size_t lena = strlen(*(const char **)a); |
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size_t lenb = strlen(*(const char **)b); |
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/* |
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* Do not subtract the lengths, an int cannot represent the range of |
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* values the difference can take. |
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* Do not subtract the lengths. The difference between values cannot |
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* be represented by an int. |
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*/ |
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return lena < lenb ? -1 : lena > lenb; |
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} |
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int |
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main() |
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{ |
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int i; |
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size_t i; |
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qsort(array, N, sizeof(array[0]), cmp); |
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for (i = 0; i < N; i++) |
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