stdlib.h File Reference

General utilities library. More...

#include <core.h>

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Typedefs
typedef int(*	sortcmp) (const void *a, const void *b)
	Comparison function pointer type for use with the qsort function. More...

Functions
void	qsort (void *base, size_t num, size_t size, sortcmp cmp)
	Sort the elements of an array using a sort comparison function. More...

Detailed Description

General utilities library.

Definition in file stdlib.h.

Typedef Documentation

typedef int(* sortcmp) (const void *a, const void *b)

Comparison function pointer type for use with the qsort function.

Parameters

[in]	a	Pointer to first element to be compared.
[in]	b	Pointer to second element to be compared.

Returns

<0 if the element pointed to by a should go before the element pointed to by b.

0 if the elements sort equivalently.

>0 if the element pointed to by a should go after the element pointed to by b.

Definition at line 28 of file stdlib.h.

Function Documentation

void qsort	(	void *	base,
		size_t	num,
		size_t	size,
		sortcmp	cmp
	)

Sort the elements of an array using a sort comparison function.

Sorts a contiguous array of num elements pointed to by base, where each element is size bytes long.

Parameters

[in]	base	Pointer to the first element in the array.
[in]	num	Number of element in the array to be sorted.
[in]	size	Size of each element in bytes.
[in]	cmp	Pointer to a function that compares two elements.

Referenced by kshell(), and normalize().