8085 Program to perform bubble sort in ascending order

In this program we will see how to sort a block of bytes in ascending order using bubble sorting technique.

Problem Statement

Write8085 Assembly language program to sort numbers in ascending order where n number of numbers are stored in consecutive memory locations starting from 8041H and the value of n is available in memory location 8040H (Using BUBBLE sort).

Discussion

In this program we will arrange the numbers in bubble sorting technique. In this sorting technique, it will be executed in different pass. In each pass the largest number is stored at the end of the list. Here we are taking the numbers from location 8041H to 8046H. The array size is stored at8040H.

Input

Address	Data
...	...
8040	06
8041	06
8042	05
8043	04
8044	01
8045	02
8046	03
...	...

Flow Diagram

Program

Address	HEX Codes	Labels	Mnemonics	Comments
8000	21, 40, 80	START	LXI H, 8040H	Pointer to the IN-BUFFER
8003	16, 00		MVI D, 00H	The D register is used as a flag register
8005	4E		MOV C, M	Initialize reg. C with data count
8006	0D		DCR C	Set Reg. C for comparison count
8007	23		INX H	Pointing to the next location
8008	7E	CHECK	MOV A, M	Get the number
8009	23		INX H	Go to next location
800A	BE		CMP M	Compare the contents of the current memory location with the contents of the accumulator
800B	DA, 14, 80		JC NEXTBYT	If (A) < second byte, do not exchange
800E	46		MOV B, M	Get second byte for exchange
800F	77		MOV M, A	Store first byte in second location
8010	2B		DCX H	Point to first location
8011	70		MOV M, B	Store second byte in first location
8012	23		INX H	Get ready for next comparison
8013	16, 01		MVI D, 01H	Load 1 in D as a remainder for exchange
8015	0D	NEXTBYT	DCR C	Decrement comparison count
8016	C2, 08, 80		JNZ CHECK	If comparison count not 0, go back
8019	7A		MOV A, D	Get flag bit in A
801A	0F		RRC	Place flag bit D0in carry
801B	DA, 00, 80		JC START	If flag is 1, exchange occurred
801E	76		HLT	Terminate the program