RE: Sort of a Data Structure Array... Idea

Scott,

I have to agree with you on this one.
Here's a link to an article I wrote on "Subfile Sort" that is
essentially an article on using QSORT to sort a Data Structure.

http://www.mcpressonline.com/mc?1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@.6ae875db

-Bob


> 
> 
> All of this just to avoid using qsort()?  Qsort isn't just more
> flexible,
> it's also more more efficient.
> 
> What's the drawback to using qsort() that everyone's trying to
avoid
> it?
> 
> 
> > One thing I've done is to make sure I always declare numerics as
> signed
> > instead of packed, then initialize the DS to *ALL'9'.  When
> filling the
> > array, keep a counter of total elements, then loop through the
> range to
> > process.
> >
> > Your post shows the main limitation that I've hit with this... 
> The max size
> > of the DS is 64K which is a little confining....
> >
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