# C/C++ Program for Odd-Even Sort (Brick Sort)?

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Here we will see how the brick sort works. The Brick sort is one modification of bubble sort. This algorithm is divided into two parts. These parts are odd part and even parts. In the odd part we will use the bubble sort on odd indexed items, and in the even part we will use the bubble sort on even indexed elements. Let us see the algorithm to get the idea.

## Algorithm

### brickSort(arr, n)

begin
flag := false
while the flag is not true, do
flag := true
for i := 1 to n-2, increase i by 2, do
if arr[i] > arr[i+1], then
exchange arr[i] and arr[i+1]
flag := false
end if
done
for i := 0 to n-2, increase i by 2, do
if arr[i] > arr[i+1], then
exchange arr[i] and arr[i+1]
flag := false
end if
done
done
end

## Example

Live Demo

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
void brickSort(int arr[], int n){
bool flag = false;
while(!flag){
flag = true;
for(int i = 1; i<n-1; i= i+2){
if(arr[i] > arr[i+1]){
swap(arr[i], arr[i+1]);
flag = false;
}
}
for(int i = 0; i<n-1; i= i+2){
if(arr[i] > arr[i+1]){
swap(arr[i], arr[i+1]);
flag = false;
}
}
}
}
main() {
int data[] = {54, 74, 98, 154, 98, 32, 20, 13, 35, 40};
int n = sizeof(data)/sizeof(data[0]);
cout << "Sorted Sequence ";
brickSort(data, n);
for(int i = 0; i <n;i++){
cout << data[i] << " ";
}
}

## Output

Sorted Sequence 13 20 32 35 40 54 74 98 98 154
Published on 26-Jul-2019 07:53:01