#include /*Displays the array, passed to this method*/ void display(int arr[], int n){ int i; for(i = 0; i < n; i++){ printf("%d ", arr[i]); } printf("\n"); } /*Swap function to swap two values*/ void swap(int *first, int *second){ int temp = *first; *first = *second; *second = temp; } /*Partition method which selects a pivot and places each element which is less than the pivot value to its left and the elements greater than the pivot value to its right arr[] --- array to be partitioned lower --- lower index upper --- upper index */ int partition(int arr[], int lower, int upper){ int i = (lower - 1); int pivot = arr[upper]; // Selects last element as the pivot value int j ; for(j = lower; j < upper ; j++){ if(arr[j] <= pivot){ // if current element is smaller than the pivot i++; // increment the index of smaller element swap(&arr[i], &arr[j]); } } swap(&arr[i + 1] , &arr[upper]); // places the last element i.e, the pivot to its correct position return (i + 1); } /*This is where the sorting of the array takes place arr[] --- Array to be sorted lower --- Starting index upper --- Ending index */ void quickSort(int arr[], int lower, int upper){ if(upper > lower){ // partitioning index is returned by the partition method , partition element is at its correct poition int partitionIndex = partition(arr, lower, upper); // Sorting elements before and after the partition index quickSort(arr, lower, partitionIndex - 1); quickSort(arr, partitionIndex + 1, upper); } } int main(){ int n; printf("Enter size of array:\n"); scanf("%d", &n); // E.g. 8 printf("Enter the elements of the array\n"); int i; int arr[n]; for(i = 0; i < n; i++){ scanf("%d", &arr[i] ); } printf("Original array: "); display(arr, n); // Original array : 10 11 9 8 4 7 3 8 quickSort(arr, 0, n-1); printf("Sorted array: "); display(arr, n); // Sorted array : 3 4 7 8 8 9 10 11 return 0; }