NAG FL Interface
m01ccf (charvec_​sort)

1 Purpose

2 Specification

3 Description

4 References

5 Arguments

1: $\mathbf{ch}\left(\mathbf{m2}\right)$ – Character(*) array Input/Output

On entry: elements m1 to m2 of ch must contain character data to be sorted.

Constraint: the length of each element of ch must not exceed $255$.

On exit: these values are rearranged into sorted order.

2: $\mathbf{m1}$ – Integer Input

On entry: the index of the first element of ch to be sorted.

Constraint: $\mathbf{m1}>0$.

3: $\mathbf{m2}$ – Integer Input

On entry: the index of the last element of ch to be sorted.

Constraint: $\mathbf{m2}\ge \mathbf{m1}$.

4: $\mathbf{l1}$ – Integer Input

5: $\mathbf{l2}$ – Integer Input

On entry: only the substring (l1:l2) of each element of ch is to be used in determining the sorted order.

Constraint: $0<\mathbf{l1}\le \mathbf{l2}\le \mathrm{len}\left(\mathbf{ch}\left(1\right)\right)$.

6: $\mathbf{order}$ – Character(1) Input

On entry: if $\mathbf{order}=\text{'A'}$, the values will be sorted into ASCII order.

If $\mathbf{order}=\text{'R'}$, into reverse ASCII order.

Constraint: $\mathbf{order}=\text{'A'}$ or $\text{'R'}$.

7: $\mathbf{ifail}$ – Integer Input/Output

On entry: ifail must be set to $0$, $-1\text{ or }1$. If you are unfamiliar with this argument you should refer to Section 4 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for details.

For environments where it might be inappropriate to halt program execution when an error is detected, the value $-1\text{ or }1$ is recommended. If the output of error messages is undesirable, then the value $1$ is recommended. Otherwise, if you are not familiar with this argument, the recommended value is $0$. When the value $-\mathbf{1}\text{ or }\mathbf{1}$ is used it is essential to test the value of ifail on exit.

On exit: $\mathbf{ifail}=\mathbf{0}$ unless the routine detects an error or a warning has been flagged (see Section 6).

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

$\mathbf{ifail}=1$

On entry, $\mathbf{l1}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: $\mathbf{l1}\ge 1$.

On entry, $\mathbf{l1}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$ and $\mathbf{l2}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: $\mathbf{l1}\le \mathbf{l2}$.

On entry, $\mathbf{l2}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: $\mathbf{l2}\ge 1$.

On entry, $\mathbf{l2}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$ and $\mathrm{len}\left(\mathbf{ch}\left(1\right)\right)=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: $\mathbf{l2}\le \mathrm{len}\left(\mathbf{ch}\left(1\right)\right)$.

On entry, $\mathbf{m1}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: $\mathbf{m1}\ge 1$.

On entry, $\mathbf{m1}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$ and $\mathbf{m2}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: $\mathbf{m1}\le \mathbf{m2}$.

On entry, $\mathbf{m2}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: $\mathbf{m2}\ge 1$.

$\mathbf{ifail}=2$

On entry, order has an illegal value: $\mathbf{order}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.

$\mathbf{ifail}=3$

On entry, $\mathrm{len}\left(\mathbf{ch}\left(1\right)\right)=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: $\mathrm{len}\left(\mathbf{ch}\left(1\right)\right)\le 255$.

$\mathbf{ifail}=-99$

An unexpected error has been triggered by this routine. Please contact NAG.

See Section 7 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.

$\mathbf{ifail}=-399$

Your licence key may have expired or may not have been installed correctly.

See Section 8 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.

$\mathbf{ifail}=-999$

Dynamic memory allocation failed.

See Section 9 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.

7 Accuracy

8 Parallelism and Performance

9 Further Comments

10 Example

10.1 Program Text

10.2 Program Data

10.3 Program Results