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1.1     ! root        1: .TH QSORT 3
        !             2: .CT 2 data_man
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: qsort \(mi quicker sort
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .nf
        !             7: .B qsort(base, nel, width, compar)
        !             8: .B char *base;
        !             9: .B int (*compar)();
        !            10: .fi
        !            11: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            12: .I Qsort
        !            13: (quicker sort)
        !            14: sorts an array into nondecreasing order.
        !            15: The first argument is a pointer to the base of the data;
        !            16: the second is the number of elements;
        !            17: the third is the width of an element
        !            18: in bytes;
        !            19: the last is the name of a comparison routine
        !            20: to be called with pointers
        !            21: to elements being compared.
        !            22: It should be declared as
        !            23: .EX
        !            24:         compar(a, b)
        !            25:         char *a, *b;
        !            26: .EE
        !            27: The routine must return
        !            28: an integer less than, equal to, or greater than 0
        !            29: according as the first argument is to be considered
        !            30: less than, equal to, or greater than the second.
        !            31: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            32: .IR sort (1)

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