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3.2 KiB
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91 lines
3.2 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: bsearch.3,v 1.10 2003/08/07 16:43:38 agc Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994
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.\" from: @(#)bsearch.3 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
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.Dd April 19, 1994
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.Dt BSEARCH 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm bsearch
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.Nd binary search of a sorted table
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In stdlib.h
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.Ft void *
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.Fn bsearch "const void *key" "const void *base" "size_t nmemb" "size_t size" "int (*compar) (const void *, const void *)"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn bsearch
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function searches an array of
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.Fa nmemb
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objects, the initial member of which is
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pointed to by
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.Fa base ,
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for a member that matches the object pointed to by
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.Fa key .
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The size of each member of the array is specified by
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.Fa size .
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.Pp
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The contents of the array should be in ascending sorted order according
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to the comparison function referenced by
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.Fa compar .
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The
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.Fa compar
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routine
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is expected to have
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two arguments which point to the
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.Fa key
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object and to an array member, in that order, and should return an integer
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less than, equal to, or greater than zero if the
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.Fa key
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object is found, respectively, to be less than, to match, or be
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greater than the array member.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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The
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.Fn bsearch
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function returns a pointer to a matching member of the array, or a null
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pointer if no match is found.
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If two members compare as equal, which member is matched is unspecified.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr db 3 ,
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.Xr lsearch 3 ,
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.Xr qsort 3 ,
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.Xr tsearch 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn bsearch
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function conforms to
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.St -ansiC .
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