Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!david From: david@utzoo.UUCP (David Trueman) Newsgroups: hacknews Subject: look(3) arrives Message-ID: <3634@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-Mar-84 14:36:31 EST Article-I.D.: utzoo.3634 Posted: Tue Mar 13 14:36:31 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Mar-84 14:36:31 EST Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 7 The algorithm of look(1) for doing a binary search of a sorted file has been extracted into a separate library routine, look(3). The code has been cleaned up considerably in the process. Look(1) has been changed to make use of the library routine. -- David Trueman @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!david