/** * @file * @author [Dhruv Pasricha](https://github.com/DhruvPasricha) * @brief [Selection Sort](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selection_sort) * implementation using recursion. */ #include /// for assert #include /// for IO operations #include /// for dynamic memory allocation #include /// for random numbers generation #include /// for uint8_t, int8_t /** * @brief Swapped two numbers using pointer * @param first pointer of first number * @param second pointer of second number */ void swap(int8_t *first, int8_t *second) { int8_t temp = *first; *first = *second; *second = temp; } /** * @brief Returns the index having minimum value using recursion * @param arr array to be sorted * @param size size of array * @return min_index index of an element having a minimum value */ uint8_t findIndex(const int8_t *arr, const uint8_t size) { if (size == 1) { return 0; } // marking recursive call to reach starting element uint8_t min_index = findIndex(arr, size - 1); if (arr[size - 1] < arr[min_index]) { min_index = size - 1; } return min_index; } /** * @brief Selection Sort algorithm implemented using recursion * @param arr array to be sorted * @param size size of the array * @returns void */ void selectionSort(int8_t *arr, const uint8_t size) { if (size <= 1) { return; } /* findIndex(arr, size) returned the index having min value*/ uint8_t min_index = findIndex(arr, size); /* arr[min_index] is the minimum value in the array*/ if (min_index != 0) { swap(&arr[0], &arr[min_index]); } /*sorted the remaining array recursively*/ selectionSort(arr + 1, size - 1); } /** * @brief Self-test implementations * @returns void */ static void test() { const uint8_t size = 10; int8_t *arr = (int8_t *)calloc(size, sizeof(int8_t)); /* generate size random numbers from 0 to 100 */ for (uint8_t i = 0; i < size; i++) { arr[i] = rand() % 100; } selectionSort(arr, size); for (uint8_t i = 0; i < size - 1; ++i) { assert(arr[i] <= arr[i + 1]); } free(arr); } /** * @brief Main function * @returns 0 on exit */ int main() { /* Intializes random number generator */ srand(time(NULL)); test(); // run self-test implementations return 0; }