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     QSORT(3)                                                 QSORT(3)

     NAME
          qsort - quicker sort

     SYNOPSIS
          qsort(base, nel, width, compar)
          char *base;
          int (*compar)();

          compar(a, b)
          char *a, *b;

     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 number 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 arguments which are pointers
          to the elements being compared.  The routine must return an
          integer less than, equal to, or greater than 0 according as
          the first argument is to be considered less than, equal to,
          or greater than the second.

     SEE ALSO
          sort(1)