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SORTLOCON(3) MBK LOGICAL FUNCTIONS SORTLOCON(3)

sortlocon - sort the logical connectors of a figure by name

See the file buster/alliance/alc_origin.1.en.gz.

#include "mlo.h"
void sortlocon(connectors)
locon_list ∗∗connectors;

Pointer to the head of the connector list that is to be sorted

sortlocon sorts the list of logical connectors pointed to by ∗connectors. The connectors are sorted by names, using a numerical comparison function that ensures x_12 > x_2.
The standart qsort(3) function library is called for sorting. Therefore, a table the number of connectors wide is created. This is not very memory consuming since the number of connectors in a circuit interface is quite small, nor very time consuming since this algorithm runs in a n log n time.

#include "mlo.h"
void savesorted(figname)
char ∗figname;
{
lofig_list ∗figure = getlocon(figname, 'A');

sortlocon(&figure->LOCON);
sortlosig(&figure->LOSIG);
savelofig(figure); }

mbk(1), locon(3), addlocon(3), dellocon(3), checkloconorder(3), qsort(3).

See the file buster/alliance/alc_bug_report.1.en.gz.

October 1, 1997 ASIM/LIP6