Complexity and no. of swaps required
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void swap(int *a, int *b) { int temp = *a; *a = *b; *b = temp; }
void qsort(int a[], int start, int end) { int i, j, p; if(start >= end-1) { return; } i = p = start, j = end-1; while(i < j) { while(a[i] <= a[p] && i < end-1) i++; while(a[j] > a[p]) j--; if(i < j) { swap(&a[i], &a[j]); } } swap(&a[j], &a[p]); qsort(a, start, j); qsort(a, j + 1, end); }
void printArray(int a[], int n) { int i; for(i = 0; i < n; i++) { printf("%d ",a[i]); } }
int main() { char str[20]; int num[100]; int i = 0; printf("Enter the numbers to sort (. to stop): "); while(1) { scanf("%s",str); if(str[0] == '.') break; sscanf(str, "%d", &num[i++]); } qsort(num, 0, i); printf("The sorted numbers are: "); printArray(num, i); printf("\n"); } </syntaxhighlight>
Complexity and no. of swaps required
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void swap(int *a, int *b) { int temp = *a; *a = *b; *b = temp; }
void qsort(int a[], int start, int end) { int i, j, p; if(start >= end-1) { return; } i = p = start, j = end-1; while(i < j) { while(a[i] <= a[p] && i < end-1) i++; while(a[j] > a[p]) j--; if(i < j) { swap(&a[i], &a[j]); } } swap(&a[j], &a[p]); qsort(a, start, j); qsort(a, j + 1, end); }
void printArray(int a[], int n) { int i; for(i = 0; i < n; i++) { printf("%d ",a[i]); } }
int main() { char str[20]; int num[100]; int i = 0; printf("Enter the numbers to sort (. to stop): "); while(1) { scanf("%s",str); if(str[0] == '.') break; sscanf(str, "%d", &num[i++]); } qsort(num, 0, i); printf("The sorted numbers are: "); printArray(num, i); printf("\n"); } </syntaxhighlight>