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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)qsort.3f    6.1 (Berkeley) 5/15/85
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH QSORT 3F "May 15, 1985"
        !             8: .UC 5
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: qsort \- quick sort
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B subroutine qsort (array, len, isize, compar)
        !            13: .br
        !            14: .B external compar
        !            15: .br
        !            16: .B integer*2 compar
        !            17: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            18: One dimensional
        !            19: .I array
        !            20: contains the elements to be sorted.
        !            21: .I len
        !            22: is the number of elements in the array.
        !            23: .I isize
        !            24: is the size of an element, typically -
        !            25: .sp 1
        !            26: .in +5
        !            27: 4 for
        !            28: .B integer
        !            29: and
        !            30: .B real
        !            31: .br
        !            32: 8 for
        !            33: .B "double precision"
        !            34: or
        !            35: .B complex
        !            36: .br
        !            37: 16 for
        !            38: .B "double complex"
        !            39: .br
        !            40: (length of character object) for
        !            41: .B character
        !            42: arrays
        !            43: .in -5
        !            44: .sp 1
        !            45: .I Compar
        !            46: is the name of a user supplied integer*2 function
        !            47: that will determine the sorting order.
        !            48: This function will be called with 2 arguments that will be elements of
        !            49: .I array.
        !            50: The function must return -
        !            51: .sp 1
        !            52: .in +5
        !            53: negative if arg 1 is considered to precede arg 2
        !            54: .br
        !            55: zero if arg 1 is equivalent to arg 2
        !            56: .br
        !            57: positive if arg 1 is considered to follow arg 2
        !            58: .in -5
        !            59: .sp 1
        !            60: On return, the elements of
        !            61: .I array
        !            62: will be sorted.
        !            63: .SH FILES
        !            64: .ie \nM /usr/ucb/lib/libU77.a
        !            65: .el /usr/lib/libU77.a
        !            66: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            67: qsort(3)

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