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// C program implementing Selection Sort
# include <stdio.h>
// function to swap elements at the given index values
void swap(int arr[], int firstIndex, int secondIndex)
{
int temp;
temp = arr[firstIndex];
arr[firstIndex] = arr[secondIndex];
arr[secondIndex] = temp;
}
// function to look for the smallest element in the given subarray
int indexOfMinimum(int arr[], int startIndex, int n)
{
int minValue = arr[startIndex];
int minIndex = startIndex;
for(int i = minIndex + 1; i < n; i++) {
if(arr[i] < minValue)
{
minIndex = i;
minValue = arr[i];
}
}
return minIndex;
}
void selectionSort(int arr[], int n)
{
for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
int index = indexOfMinimum(arr, i, n);
swap(arr, i, index);
}
}
void printArray(int arr[], int size)
{
int i;
for(i = 0; i < size; i++)
{
printf("%d ", arr[i]);
}
printf("\n");
}
int main()
{
int arr[] = {46, 52, 21, 22, 11};
int n = sizeof(arr)/sizeof(arr[0]);
selectionSort(arr, n);
printf("Sorted array: \n");
printArray(arr, n);
return 0;
}
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