Thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cameron Matthews-Dickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 12:37 AM
Subject: Re: Using Qsort
> I posted the answer to this exact question about a month and a half
> ago...think that should be in the archives....
>
> Here it is again (in a very basic form):
>
> /* The typedef is just to make the next line shorter */
> int comparedescs(const void *d1, const void *d2)
> {
> typedef DESCRIPTOR_DATA DD;
> return strcmp((*(DD **)d1)->character->name, (*(DD
> **)d2)->character->name);
> }
>
> void do_whotest(CHAR_DATA *ch, char *argument)
> {
> DESCRIPTOR_DATA *d, *list[50];
> int x, cnt;
>
> for(cnt = 0, d = descriptor_list; d; d = d->next, cnt++)
> {
> if(d->character)
> list[cnt] = d;
> }
>
> send_to_char("Before sort:\n\r", ch);
> for(x = 0; x < cnt; x++)
> printf_to_char(ch, "%s\n\r", list[x]->character->name);
>
> qsort(list, cnt, sizeof(DESCRIPTOR_DATA *), comparedescs);
>
> send_to_char("\n\rAfter sort:\n\r", ch);
> for(x = 0; x < cnt; x++)
> printf_to_char(ch, "%s\n\r", list[x]->character->name);
> }
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 10:07 AM
> Subject: Using Qsort
>
>
> > I'm trying to make qsort put my who list in alphabetical order, but
> whatever
> > I try it always seems to (i think - go into an endless loop) and lag the
> > whole server for a few minutes until linux kills the process... I havent
> > even got up to the qsort stage.. just trying to make it put the players
> into
> > an array.. any ideas on how to do it?
> >
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