/* ** hugesort.c -- huge qsort() -- public domain by Raymond Gardner 6/92 ** tested with Borland C++ 3.0 (C mode) */ static void swap(char huge *a, char huge *b, unsigned n) { char tmp; do { tmp = *a; *a++ = *b; *b++ = tmp; } while ( --n ); } void hugesort(void huge *basep, unsigned nel, unsigned width, int (*comp)(void huge *, void huge *)) { char huge *i, huge *j; unsigned int lnel, rnel; char huge *base = (char huge *)basep; while (nel > 1) { swap(base, base + (long)width * (nel / 2), width); for (i = base, j = base + (long)width * nel; ; ) { do j -= width; while ( (*comp)(j, base) > 0 ); do i += width; while ( i < j && (*comp)(i, base) < 0 ); if (i >= j) break; swap(i, j, width); } swap(j, base, width); lnel = (unsigned)((long)(j - base) / width); rnel = nel - lnel - 1; j += width; if (lnel < rnel) { hugesort(base, lnel, width, comp); base = j; nel = rnel; } else { hugesort(j, rnel, width, comp); nel = lnel; } } } #ifdef TEST #include #include #include #include #define PADSIZE 300 typedef struct x { int key; char pad[PADSIZE]; } X; int cmpv(void huge *a, void huge *b) /* (note void huge *) passed here */ { return ((X huge *)a)->key < ((X huge *)b)->key ? -1 : ((X huge *)a)->key > ((X huge *)b)->key ? 1 : 0; } int main(int argc, char **argv) { X huge *v; int n; int i, j; n = 300; /* default element count */ if (argc > 1) n = atoi(argv[1]); printf("test with %d elements\n", n); v = farmalloc(sizeof(X) * (long)n); assert(v); /* be sure we got memory */ for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) /* random init */ { v[i].key = rand(); for (j = 0; j < PADSIZE; ++j) v[i].pad[j] = rand(); } for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) /* display before */ printf(" %d", v[i].key); printf("\n"); hugesort(v, n, sizeof(X), cmpv); /* sort it */ for ( i = 0; i < n; ++i ) /* display after */ printf(" %d", v[i].key); printf("\n"); return 0; } #endif