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<p>MakeIndex is a computer program which provides a sorted <a href="/facts/Index_(publishing)/amN9DI6s">index</a> from unsorted raw data. MakeIndex can process raw data output by various programs, however, it is generally used with <a href="/facts/LaTeX/c1lvjF0A">LaTeX</a> and <a href="/facts/Troff/NtPk6T03">troff</a>. </p><p>MakeIndex was written around the year 1986 by <a href="/facts/Pehong_Chen/K0XI9Ntu">Pehong Chen</a> in the <a href="/facts/C_(programming_language)/Ky2No763">C programming language</a> and is <a href="/facts/Free_software/IaoVtJXn">free software</a>. Six pages of documentation titled "MakeIndex: An Index Processor for LaTeX" by <a href="/facts/Leslie_Lamport/jGCarz9C">Leslie Lamport</a> are available on the web and dated "17 February 1987." </p>