In this tutorial you will learn about algorithm and program for quick sort in C.
Quick sort is the fastest internal sorting algorithm with the time complexity O (n log n). The basic algorithm to sort an array a[ ] of n elements can be described recursively as follows:
Quick Sort Algorithm
1. If n < = 1, then return.
2. Pick any element V in a[]. This is called the pivot.
3. Rearrange elements of the array by moving all elements xi > V right of V and all elements xi < = V left of V. If the place of the V after re-arrangement is j, all elements with value less than V, appear in a[0], a[1] . . . . a[j – 1] and all those with value greater than V appear in a[j + 1] . . . . a[n – 1].
4. Apply quick sort recursively to a[0] . . . . a[j – 1] and to a[j + 1] . . . . a[n – 1].
Quick Sort Animation
Visualization of the quicksort algorithm. The horizontal lines are pivot values.
Quick Sort Program in C
#include <stdio.h>
void quick_sort(int[],int,int);
int partition(int[],int,int);
int main()
{
int a[50],n,i;
printf("How many elements?");
scanf("%d",&n);
printf("\nEnter array elements:");
for(i=0;i<n;i++)
scanf("%d",&a[i]);
quick_sort(a,0,n-1);
printf("\nArray after sorting:");
for(i=0;i<n;i++)
printf("%d ",a[i]);
return 0;
}
void quick_sort(int a[],int l,int u)
{
int j;
if(l<u)
{
j=partition(a,l,u);
quick_sort(a,l,j-1);
quick_sort(a,j+1,u);
}
}
int partition(int a[],int l,int u)
{
int v,i,j,temp;
v=a[l];
i=l;
j=u+1;
do
{
do
i++;
while(a[i]<v&&i<=u);
do
j--;
while(v<a[j]);
if(i<j)
{
temp=a[i];
a[i]=a[j];
a[j]=temp;
}
}while(i<j);
a[l]=a[j];
a[j]=v;
return(j);
}
If you found anything incorrect or have any doubts regarding above quick sort in C tutorial then comment below.
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you have to return the array in order to print it the array after sorting.And we should sort the key as well i.e,pivot element
So the j in the calling of quicksort equals to j in any of the call
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void quick_sort(int a[],int l,int u)
{
int j;
if(l<u)
{
j=partition(a,l,u);
quick_sort(a,l,j-1);
quick_sort(a,j+1,u);
}
can anyone explain this??
When you take a pivot element and sort all the elements based on that,u need to call quick sort for left group and right group.J is pivot element so here we are calling quicksort for left and right.
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int partition(int a[],int l,int u)
{
int v,i,j,temp;
v=a[l];
i=l;
j=u+1;
do
{
do
i++;
while(a[i]<v&&i<=u);
do
j–;
while(v<a[j]);
if(i<j)
{
temp=a[i];
a[i]=a[j];
a[j]=temp;
}
}while(i<j);
a[l]=a[j];
a[j]=v;
can any one explain me this?
The sorted array is not displaying
We known that their is no keyword to define the array.
I believe partition() has an error. In this loop, it is possible to access a[i] where i > u:
do
{
i++;
}
while(a[i]<v&&i<=u);
On the first call to partition, when u will usually be equal to the last valid index for a[], we will attempt to access memory beyond the array's upper bound. This may crash the program. The solution is simply to reverse the order of the operands in the test:
do
{
i++;
}
while(i<=u&&a[i]<v);
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I think the first do – while block should compare against:
} while( array[i] < v && i < u);
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Error found like this ” ) expected ” line 20
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