Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!bruce!goanna!minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au!chudich!rcoahk From: rcoahk@chudich.co.rmit.oz (Alvaro Hui Kau) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: HOW does "qsort" handle different variable type? Message-ID: <1991Mar23.063112.22168@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au> Date: 23 Mar 91 06:31:12 GMT Article-I.D.: minyos.1991Mar23.063112.22168 Sender: @minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au Organization: RMIT Computer Centre, Melbourne Australia. Lines: 15 Hi, I am interested in HOW the system routine handle different variable types.. Furthermore, WHY char casting is used for the base pointer? Thanks. alvaro, =============================================================================== Alvaro Hui |ACSnet akkh@mullian.oz 5th Year B.E.\ B.Sc. |Internet & akkh@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU University of Melbourne |Arpanet rcoahk@koel.co.rmit.OZ.AU