SR> I am trying to sort a struct but it needs to be sorted 
 SR> by AKA. It sorts the list to a degree but I end up with
 SR> 1:xxx/xxx
 SR> 111:xxx/xxx
 SR> 2:xxx/xxx
What are you trying to use to compare?  strcmp?  Why not have your AKA split 
up into a struct:
struct nodenum
{
  int zone;
  int net;
  int node;
  int point; /* probably 0 most of the time */
};
Then use a specialized comparison routine:
int nodenum_comp(void* l, void* r)
{
  struct nodenum* nl = l;
  struct nodenum* nr = r;
  if (nl->zone zone)
    return -1;
  if (nl->zone > nr->zone)
    return 1;
  /* repeat above two if's for net, node, and point */
  return 0;
}
If you can't (won't) split the AKA up into a struct, simply do so inside the 
comparison routine.  However, realize that this will take a LOT longer (since 
the comp routine is called more times than there are items to sort...)
Hope this helps.
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