Re: Sorting large file (Why?)

Oh heck, Leif, why didn't you say so....:)  If you're looking for a KWIK
index then a Quick Sort is the way to go...you could also use the Quicker
Sort algorithm as well...:)  (YES, there actually ARE sort algorithms with
these names! :)

Now, if you were going to put these items in a "PILE", then I'ld recommend
a Heap sort...(also exists!)....:)

Don in DC
(off to take some more cold drugs...:)

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On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Leif Svalgaard wrote:

> Thanks everybody for the variety of suggestions.
> Just in case you wonder where the file came from,
> the real problem was this:
> 
> You want to make a KWIC index. In case you have never
> heard of a KWIC index, it is constructed in this way:
> 

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