Before the Lab
Study in the slides the material related to pointer to functions..
Step 1. Setting up Your Environment
Copy your lab files and enter the appropriate directories.
$ cd
$ cd cs240
$ tar -xvf /homes/cs240/lab8-ptr-to-funcs/lab8-src.tar
$ cd lab8-src
Step 2. Pointer to functions Write a Sorting Function to Sort any Type of Array
Open the file mysort.c . In there you will implement the function1
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5void mysort( int n, // Number of elements
int elementSize, // Size of each element
void * array, // Pointer to an array
int ascending, // 0 -> descending; 1 -> ascending
CompareFunction compFunc ) // Comparison function.
This function takes an “array” of any type, the number “n” of elements, the “elementSize”, a comparison function “compFunc” and a flag “ascending” and it will sort the array passed using bubble sort or any sorting algorithm of your choice. You will also find there information of what this function should do.
To test your implementation type “make” and run “test_mysort test1” to “test_mysort test5” or type testall. IMPORTANT: You will need to modify test_mysort.c to fix compareStudentByGrade() needed for test3.
Step 3. Turning In your Project
Follow these instructions to turn in lab8:
Login to and type
cd cs240
turnin -c cs240 -v -p lab8 lab8-src