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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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