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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <pthread.h>

int sortMe[] = {9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0,22,2,39,88,56,4,42,2,5};
#define NUM_THREADS sizeof(sortMe)/sizeof(sortMe[0])
int result[NUM_THREADS];

pthread_mutex_t lock;
int counter;

void *sleepMe(int64_t *p)
	{
	usleep((*p)*500);//*200 will do, but *500 is needed to reliably attain a correct order for numbers only 1 apart

	pthread_mutex_lock(&lock);
	result[counter++] = *p;
	pthread_mutex_unlock(&lock);
	}

int main()
{
	pthread_t threads[NUM_THREADS];
	int c = NUM_THREADS;//number of threads to create

	int thread = 0;
	while (c--){pthread_create(&threads[thread++], NULL, (void *)sleepMe, &sortMe[c]);}//create a thread for each number in the array

	for (int i = 0; i < thread; ++i){pthread_join(threads[i], NULL);}//join all the threads, when all are joined, writing to the result array is done


	for (int i = 0; i < NUM_THREADS-1; ++i)
		{
		printf("%d,",result[i]);
		}
	printf("%d\n",result[NUM_THREADS-1]);
        return 0;
}