strsort.c   [plain text]


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#pragma prototyped
/*
 *  strsort - sort an array pointers using fn
 *
 *	fn follows strcmp(3) conventions
 *
 *   David Korn
 *   AT&T Bell Laboratories
 *
 *  derived from Bourne Shell
 */

#include <ast.h>

void
strsort(char** argv, int n, int(*fn)(const char*, const char*))
{
	register int 	i;
	register int 	j;
	register int 	m;
	register char**	ap;
	char*		s;
	int 		k;

	for (j = 1; j <= n; j *= 2);
	for (m = 2 * j - 1; m /= 2;)
		for (j = 0, k = n - m; j < k; j++)
			for (i = j; i >= 0; i -= m)
			{
				ap = &argv[i];
				if ((*fn)(ap[m], ap[0]) >= 0) break;
				s = ap[m];
				ap[m] = ap[0];
				ap[0] = s;
			}
}