roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith) (08/31/90)
How are the .idx files on GenBank tapes sorted? More specifically,
if I want to do a keyword binary search through the .idx files, and I use
the standard Unix strcmp(3) routine for comparing my key with the keys from
the file, will I be guaranteed to get the same sorting order as was used to
prepare the files?
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"Arcane? Did you say arcane? It wouldn't be Unix if it wasn't arcane!"ryals@genbank.bio.net (Julie Ryals) (09/05/90)
Roy Smith asks: > How are the .idx files on GenBank tapes sorted? More specifically, > if I want to do a keyword binary search through the .idx files, and I use > the standard Unix strcmp(3) routine for comparing my key with the keys from > the file, will I be guaranteed to get the same sorting order as was used to > prepare the files? The index files on GenBank tape releases are sorted using the standard Unix sort command. Therefore I believe that the Unix strcmp command should achieve the desired result. Julie Ryals Assistant GenBank Manager (415) 962-7309 ryals@genbank.bio.net