quicksort explained with example

Example: quicksort in code

// A full c++ quicksort algorithm no bs
// quicksort in code

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

void QuickSort(int arr[], int start, int end);
int Partition(int arr[], int start, int end);
void SwapArrMem(int arr[], int a, int b);

int main()
{

	int arr[4]; //change the size of the array to your desired array size

	cout << "enter " << sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]) << " numbers. press enter after input" << endl;

	for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]); i++)
	{
		
		cin >> arr[i];
	}

	cout << endl << "The sorted numbers are:" << endl << endl;



	QuickSort(arr, 0, sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]) - 1);

	for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]); i++)
	{
		cout << arr[i] << endl;
	}

}

void QuickSort(int arr[], int start, int end)
{
	if (start >= end) return;

	int index = Partition(arr, start, end);
	QuickSort(arr, start, index - 1);
	QuickSort(arr, index + 1, end);
}

int Partition(int arr[], int start, int end)
{
	int pivotindex = start;
	int pivotvalue = arr[end];
	for (int i = start; i < end; i++)
	{
		if (arr[i] < pivotvalue)
		{
			SwapArrMem(arr, i, pivotindex);
			pivotindex++;
		}
	}
	SwapArrMem(arr, pivotindex, end);
	return pivotindex;
}

void SwapArrMem(int arr[], int a, int b)
{
	int temp = arr[a];
	arr[a] = arr[b];
	arr[b] = temp;
}

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