selection sort program in c code example

Example 1: selection sort in java

public static void SelectionSort(int[] arr)
{
  int small;
  for (int i = 0; i <arr.length - 1; i++)
  {
    small = i;
    for (int j = i + 1; j < arr.length; j++)
    {
      //if current position is less than previous smallest
      if (arr[j] < arr[small])
      {
        small = j;
        
        //swap values
        int temp = arr[i];
        arr[i] = arr[small];
        arr[small] = temp; 
      }
  	}
  }
}

Example 2: selection sort program in c

#include<stdio.h>
int main(){
   /* Here i & j for loop counters, temp for swapping,
    * count for total number of elements, number[] to
    * store the input numbers in array. You can increase
    * or decrease the size of number array as per requirement
    */
   int i, j, count, temp, number[25];

   printf("How many numbers u are going to enter?: ");
   scanf("%d",&count);

   printf("Enter %d elements: ", count);
   // Loop to get the elements stored in array
   for(i=0;i<count;i++)
      scanf("%d",&number[i]);
 
   // Logic of selection sort algorithm
   for(i=0;i<count;i++){
      for(j=i+1;j<count;j++){
         if(number[i]>number[j]){
            temp=number[i];
            number[i]=number[j];
            number[j]=temp;
         }
      }
   }

   printf("Sorted elements: ");
   for(i=0;i<count;i++)
      printf(" %d",number[i]);

   return 0;
}

Example 3: selection sort

def ssort(lst):
    for i in range(len(lst)):
        for j in range(i+1,len(lst)):
            if lst[i]>lst[j]:lst[j],lst[i]=lst[i],lst[j]
    return lst
if __name__=='__main__':
    lst=[int(i) for i in input('Enter the Numbers: ').split()]
    print(ssort(lst))

Example 4: how to send values to a selection sorting function

1  // Fig. 8.15: fig08_15.cpp
 2  // This program puts values into an array, sorts the values into
 3  // ascending order and prints the resulting array.
 4  #include <iostream>
 5  using std::cout;
 6  using std::endl;
 7
 8  #include <iomanip>
 9  using std::setw;
10
11  void selectionSort( int * const, const int ); // prototype
12  void swap( int * const, int * const ); // prototype
13
14  int main()
15  {
16     const int arraySize = 10;
17     int a[ arraySize ] = { 2, 6, 4, 8, 10, 12, 89, 68, 45, 37 };
18
19     cout << "Data items in original order\n";
20
21     for ( int i = 0; i < arraySize; i++ )
22        cout << setw( 4 ) << a[ i ];
23
24     selectionSort( a, arraySize ); // sort the array
25
26     cout << "\nData items in ascending order\n";
27
28     for ( int j = 0; j < arraySize; j++ )
29        cout << setw( 4 ) << a[ j ];
30
31     cout << endl;
32     return 0; // indicates successful termination
33  } // end main
34
35  // function to sort an array
36  void selectionSort( int * const array, const int size )
37  {
38     int smallest; // index of smallest element
39
40     // loop over size - 1 elements
41     for ( int i = 0; i < size - 1; i++ )
42     {
43        smallest = i; // first index of remaining array
44
45        // loop to find index of smallest element
46        for ( int index = i + 1; index < size; index++ )
47
48           if ( array[ index ] < array[ smallest ] )
49              smallest = index;
50
51        swap( &array[ i ], &array[ smallest ] );
52     } // end if
53  } // end function selectionSort
54
55  // swap values at memory locations to which                  
56  // element1Ptr and element2Ptr point                         
57  void swap( int * const element1Ptr, int * const element2Ptr )
58  {                                                            
59     int hold = *element1Ptr;                                  
60     *element1Ptr = *element2Ptr;                              
61     *element2Ptr = hold;                                      
62  } // end function swap