heapsort implementation code example

Example 1: heap sort

// Heap Sort in C
  
  #include <stdio.h>
  
  // Function to swap the the position of two elements
  void swap(int *a, int *b) {
    int temp = *a;
    *a = *b;
    *b = temp;
  }
  
  void heapify(int arr[], int n, int i) {
    // Find largest among root, left child and right child
    int largest = i;
    int left = 2 * i + 1;
    int right = 2 * i + 2;
  
    if (left < n && arr[left] > arr[largest])
      largest = left;
  
    if (right < n && arr[right] > arr[largest])
      largest = right;
  
    // Swap and continue heapifying if root is not largest
    if (largest != i) {
      swap(&arr[i], &arr[largest]);
      heapify(arr, n, largest);
    }
  }
  
  // Main function to do heap sort
  void heapSort(int arr[], int n) {
    // Build max heap
    for (int i = n / 2 - 1; i >= 0; i--)
      heapify(arr, n, i);
  
    // Heap sort
    for (int i = n - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
      swap(&arr[0], &arr[i]);
  
      // Heapify root element to get highest element at root again
      heapify(arr, i, 0);
    }
  }
  
  // Print an array
  void printArray(int arr[], int n) {
    for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i)
      printf("%d ", arr[i]);
    printf("\n");
  }
  
  // Driver code
  int main() {
    int arr[] = {1, 12, 9, 5, 6, 10};
    int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
  
    heapSort(arr, n);
  
    printf("Sorted array is \n");
    printArray(arr, n);
  }

Example 2: heap sort name meaning

A sorting algorithm that works by first organizing the data to be sorted into a special type of binary tree called a heap. The heap itself has, by definition, the largest value at the top of the tree.