Monday, May 18, 2020

Java: Selection Sort


The selection sort algorithm sorts an array by repeatedly finding the minimum element
(considering ascending order) from the unsorted part and putting it at the beginning.
The algorithm maintains two subarrays in a given array.

1) The subarray which is already sorted.
2) Remaining subarray which is unsorted.

In every iteration of selection sort, the minimum element (considering ascending order) from the unsorted subarray is picked and moved to the sorted subarray.
Following example explains the above steps:

arr[] = 64 25 12 22 11

Find the minimum element in arr[0...4]and place it at beginning
11 25 12 22 64

Find the minimum element in arr[1...4]and place it at beginning of arr[1...4]
11 12 25 22 64

Find the minimum element in arr[2...4] and place it at beginning of arr[2...4]
11 12 22 25 64
Find the minimum element in arr[3...4] and place it at beginning of arr[3...4]
11 12 22 25 64


public class SelectionSort {

    void sort(int arr[])
    {
        int n = arr.length;

        // One by one move boundary of unsorted subarray         
        for (int i = 0; i < n-1; i++)
        {
            // Find the minimum element in unsorted array 
            int min_idx = i;
            for (int j = i+1; j < n; j++)
                if (arr[j] < arr[min_idx])
                    min_idx = j;

            // Swap the found minimum element with the first element
                      
            int temp = arr[min_idx];
            arr[min_idx] = arr[i];
            arr[i] = temp;
        }
    }
    // Prints the array     
   void printArray(int arr[])
    {
        int n = arr.length;
        for (int i=0; i            System.out.print(arr[i]+" ");
        System.out.println();
    }

    // Driver code to test above 
   public static void main(String args[])
    {
        SelectionSort ob = new SelectionSort();
        int arr[] = {64,25,12,22,11};
        System.out.println("input array");
        ob.printArray(arr);
        ob.sort(arr);
        System.out.println("Sorted array");
        ob.printArray(arr);
    }
}

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