C program to sort an array using pointers
Given an array of size n, the task is to sort this array using pointers in C. Examples:
Input: n = 5, arr[] = {0, 23, 14, 12, 9} Output: {0, 9, 12, 14, 23} Input: n = 3, arr[] = {7, 0, 2} Output: {0, 2, 7}
Approach: The array can be fetched with the help of pointers with the pointer variable pointing to the base address of the array. Hence in order to sort the array using pointers, we need to access the elements of the array using (pointer + index) format.
Below is the implementation of the above approach:
C
#include <stdio.h> // Function to sort the numbers using pointers void sort( int n, int * ptr) { int i, j, t; // Sort the numbers using pointers for (i = 0; i < n; i++) { for (j = i + 1; j < n; j++) { if (*(ptr + j) < *(ptr + i)) { t = *(ptr + i); *(ptr + i) = *(ptr + j); *(ptr + j) = t; } } } // print the numbers for (i = 0; i < n; i++) printf ( "%d " , *(ptr + i)); } // Driver code int main() { int n = 5; int arr[] = { 0, 23, 14, 12, 9 }; sort(n, arr); return 0; } |
Output:
0 9 12 14 23
Time Complexity: O(n2), where n represents the size of the given array.
Auxiliary Space: O(1), no extra space is required, so it is a constant.
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