Selection Sort Program in C

Selection sort is a simple sorting algorithm. This sorting algorithm is an in-place comparison-based algorithm in which the list is divided into two parts, the sorted part at the left end and the unsorted part at the right end. Initially, the sorted part is empty and the unsorted part is the entire list.

Implementation in C

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdbool.h>

#define MAX 7

int intArray[MAX] = {4,6,3,2,1,9,7};

void printline(int count) {
   int i;
	
   for(i = 0;i < count-1;i++) {
      printf("=");
   }
	
   printf("=\n");
}

void display() {
   int i;
   printf("[");
	
   // navigate through all items 
   for(i = 0;i < MAX;i++) {
      printf("%d ", intArray[i]);
   }
	
   printf("]\n");
}

void selectionSort() {
   int indexMin,i,j;
	
   // loop through all numbers 
   for(i = 0; i < MAX-1; i++) { 
	
      // set current element as minimum 
      indexMin = i;
		
      // check the element to be minimum 
      for(j = i+1;j < MAX;j++) {
         if(intArray[j] < intArray[indexMin]) {
            indexMin = j;
         }
      }

      if(indexMin != i) {
         printf("Items swapped: [ %d, %d ]\n" , intArray[i], intArray[indexMin]); 
			
         // swap the numbers 
         int temp = intArray[indexMin];
         intArray[indexMin] = intArray[i];
         intArray[i] = temp;
      }          

      printf("Iteration %d#:",(i+1));
      display();
   }
}  

void main() {
   printf("Input Array: ");
   display();
   printline(50);
   selectionSort();
   printf("Output Array: ");
   display();
   printline(50);
}

If we compile and run the above program, it will produce the following result −

Output

Input Array: [4 6 3 2 1 9 7 ]
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Items swapped: [ 4, 1 ]
Iteration 1#:[1 6 3 2 4 9 7 ]
Items swapped: [ 6, 2 ]
Iteration 2#:[1 2 3 6 4 9 7 ]
Iteration 3#:[1 2 3 6 4 9 7 ]
Items swapped: [ 6, 4 ]
Iteration 4#:[1 2 3 4 6 9 7 ]
Iteration 5#:[1 2 3 4 6 9 7 ]
Items swapped: [ 9, 7 ]
Iteration 6#:[1 2 3 4 6 7 9 ]
Output Array: [1 2 3 4 6 7 9 ]
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