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API Function: alpha_sort_list

Summary:

sort a list of string alphabetically

Defined In LPC Object:

/usr/common/sys/stringd.c

Prototype:

string *alpha_sort_list(string *list)

Can Be Called By:

Anybody

Description:

Returns a copy of the list of strings. The copy is sorted in ASCII order, as strcmp() would order them. This sort isn't guaranteed fast, but it *is* already written.

Nil strings may be discarded during the sort, and in general their sorting behavior is undefined.

Return Value:

A list of strings.

Errors:

Normally none.

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