UNB/ CS/ David Bremner/ teaching/ old/ cs2023/ king-examples/ qsort.c
/*********************************************************
 * From C PROGRAMMING: A MODERN APPROACH, Second Edition *
 * By K. N. King                                         *
 * Copyright (c) 2008, 1996 W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. *
 * All rights reserved.                                  *
 * This program may be freely distributed for class use, *
 * provided that this copyright notice is retained.      *
 *********************************************************/

/* qsort.c (Chapter 9, page 207) */
/* Sorts an array of integers using Quicksort algorithm */

#include <stdio.h>

#define N 10

void quicksort(int a[], int low, int high);
int split(int a[], int low, int high);

int main(void)
{
  int a[N], i;

  printf("Enter %d numbers to be sorted: ", N);
  for (i = 0; i < N; i++)
    scanf("%d", &a[i]);

  quicksort(a, 0, N - 1);

  printf("In sorted order: ");
  for (i = 0; i < N; i++)
    printf("%d ", a[i]);
  printf("\n");

  return 0;
}

void quicksort(int a[], int low, int high)
{
  int middle;

  if (low >= high) return;
  middle = split(a, low, high);
  quicksort(a, low, middle - 1);
  quicksort(a, middle + 1, high);
}

int split(int a[], int low, int high)
{
  int part_element = a[low];

  for (;;) {
    while (low < high && part_element <= a[high])
      high--;
    if (low >= high) break;
    a[low++] = a[high];

    while (low < high && a[low] <= part_element)
      low++;
    if (low >= high) break;
    a[high--] = a[low];
  }

  a[high] = part_element;
  return high;
}