typos and clarification in doc strings

for sort_indices, sort_ranks and lookup_exn
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@ -71,20 +71,22 @@ val sorted : ('a -> 'a -> int) -> 'a t -> 'a array
val sort_indices : ('a -> 'a -> int) -> 'a t -> int array
(** [sort_indices cmp a] returns a new array [b], with the same length as [a],
such that [b.(i)] is the index of the [i]-th element of [a] in [sort cmp a].
In other words, [map (fun i -> a.(i)) (sort_indices a) = sorted cmp a].
such that [b.(i)] is the index at which the [i]-th element of [sorted cmp a]
appears in [a].
In other words, [map (fun i -> a.(i)) (sort_indices cmp a) = sorted cmp a].
[a] is not modified.
@since 1.0 *)
val sort_ranking : ('a -> 'a -> int) -> 'a t -> int array
(** [sort_ranking cmp a] returns a new array [b], with the same length as [a],
such that [b.(i)] is the position in [sorted cmp a] of the [i]-th
element of [a].
[a] is not modified.
such that [b.(i)] is the index at which the [i]-the element of [a] appears
in [sorted cmp a]. [a] is not modified.
In other words, [map (fun i -> (sorted cmp a).(i)) (sort_ranking cmp a) = a].
[sort_ranking] gives the inverse permutation of {!sort_indices}.
Without duplicates, we also have
In the absence of duplicate elements in [a], we also have
[lookup_exn a.(i) (sorted a) = (sorted_ranking a).(i)]
@since 1.0 *)
@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ val lookup : ?cmp:'a ord -> 'a -> 'a t -> int option
[Some i] ([i] the index of the key) otherwise *)
val lookup_exn : ?cmp:'a ord -> 'a -> 'a t -> int
(** Same as {!lookup_exn}, but
(** Same as {!lookup}, but
@raise Not_found if the key is not present *)
val bsearch : ?cmp:('a -> 'a -> int) -> 'a -> 'a t ->