From:	"smiggy" <ms001a8758 AT blueyonder DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject:	help with the qsort funtion (c)
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Im having problems understanding the qsort function when trying to sort an
element of an array,
for example if i have a number of arrays like the following

steve 00122334
martin 91002123
james 01323254

can anyone help me, im trying to sort the above information by the first 2
characters of the number section (i.e. 00215354) which correspond to the
year.  00 would be 200, 91 would be 1991 etc.  so that i may output the data
in order as the following....

martin 91002123
steve 00122334
james 01323254

im new to c so any help will be much appreciated, any in depth explanation
of the qsort function will also be appreciated.

Thanks
martin

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