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51 changes: 51 additions & 0 deletions cpp/cycle-sort.cpp
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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

void cyclicSort(int arr[], int n){
int i = 0;
while(i < n)
{
// as array is of 1 based indexing so the
// correct position or index number of each
// element is element-1 i.e. 1 will be at 0th
// index similarly 2 correct index will 1 so
// on...
int correct = arr[i] - 1 ;
if(arr[i] != arr[correct]){

// if array element should be lesser than
// size and array element should not be at
// its correct position then only swap with
// its correct position or index value
swap(arr[i], arr[correct]) ;
}else{

// if element is at its correct position
// just increment i and check for remaining
// array elements
i++ ;
}
}

}

void printArray(int arr[], int size)
{
int i;
for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
cout << arr[i] << " ";
cout << endl;
}

int main() {

int arr[] = { 3, 2, 4, 5, 1};
int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
cout << "Before sorting array: \n";
printArray(arr, n);
cyclicSort(arr, n);
cout << "Sorted array: \n";
printArray(arr, n);
return 0;

}