two_var_sort.c

/**

two var sort
by Patrick Michaelsen
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

A fun little code I made to see if I could sort an array with just two variables.

This algorithm has terrible time complexity. n^n to be exact.

**/

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    //i is index
    //j is swap
    int i = 0, j = 1;
    
    int arr[10] = {5,9,1,4,7,8,6,3,2,0};
    
    printf("%d\n",sizeof(arr)/sizeof(int));
    
    int max = 50;
    
    while ( j && max-- > 0 )
    {
        i = j = 0;
       
        for( int k = 0; k < 10; k++ )
            printf(" %d ",arr[k]);
        printf("\n\n");
        
        while ( i < (sizeof(arr)/sizeof(int)) - 1)
        {
        
            if ( arr[i] > arr[i+1] )
            {
                for( int k = 0; k < 10; k++ )
                    if( k == i || k == i+1 )
                        printf("[%d]",arr[k]);
                    else
                        printf(" %d ",arr[k]);
                printf("\n");
                
                  for( int k = 0; k < 10; k++ )
                    if( k == i || k == i+1 )
                        printf(" V ");
                    else
                        printf("   ");
                printf("\n");
                
                j = arr[i];
                arr[i] = arr[i+1];
                arr[i+1] = j;
                j = 1;
                
                 for( int k = 0; k < 10; k++ )
                    if( k == i || k == i+1 )
                        printf("[%d]",arr[k]);
                    else
                        printf(" %d ",arr[k]);
                printf("\n");
            }
            
            i++;
        
        }
     
    }
    
    printf("\n");
    for( int k = 0; k < 10; k++ )
        printf(" %d ",arr[k]);
    printf("\n");

    return 0;
}