SORTING ALGORITHM IN

C-
BUBBLE SORT AND
SELECTION SORT
 Contents

 Introduction to Sorting

 Bubble Sort

 Selection Sort

 Advantages

 Disadvantages

 Summary
 Introduction To Sorting
 Sorting is a process in which records are arranged in
ascending or descending order.

 Example: Telephone directory.

 Sorting
• Sorting takes an unordered collection and makes it an
ordered one.

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 BUBBLE SORT
 Oldest, most easiest, straightforward and simplistic
method of sorting data.

 Procedure: In this technique, the two successive

elements A[i] and A[i+1] are exchanged whenever
A[i] >= A[i+1].
 Bubble Sort Algorithm
for(i=1;i<n;i++)
{
for(j=0;j<n-i;j++)
{
if(a[j]>=a[j+1])
{
exchange (a[j],a[j+1])
}
}
}
 BUBBLE SORT
“Bubbling Up" the Largest Element

• Traverse a collection of elements

– Move from the front to the end
– “Bubble” the largest value to the end using pair-
wise comparisons and swapping

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 "Bubbling Up" the Largest
Element
• Traverse a collection of elements
– Move from the front to the end
– “Bubble” the largest value to the end using pair-
wise comparisons and swapping

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 "Bubbling Up" the Largest
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• Traverse a collection of elements
– Move from the front to the end
– “Bubble” the largest value to the end using pair-
wise comparisons and swapping

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 "Bubbling Up" the Largest
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• Traverse a collection of elements
– Move from the front to the end
– “Bubble” the largest value to the end using pair-
wise comparisons and swapping

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Element
• Traverse a collection of elements
– Move from the front to the end
– “Bubble” the largest value to the end using pair-
wise comparisons and swapping

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No need to swap
 "Bubbling Up" the Largest
Element
• Traverse a collection of elements
– Move from the front to the end
– “Bubble” the largest value to the end using pair-
wise comparisons and swapping

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 "Bubbling Up" the Largest
Element
• Traverse a collection of elements
– Move from the front to the end
– “Bubble” the largest value to the end using pair-
wise comparisons and swapping

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Largest value correctly placed

 Items of Interest
• Notice that only the largest value is correctly
placed
• All other values are still out of order
• So we need to repeat this process

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Largest value correctly placed

Repeat “Bubble Up” How Many
Times?
• If we have N elements…

• And if each time we bubble an element, we

place it in its correct location…

• Then we repeat the “bubble up” process N – 1

times.
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 Advantages & Disadvantages of Bubble Sort

Advantages:
 very simple
 easy to program
 can be implemented in a short amount of time
 preferable when short lists are used.

Disadvantages:
 runs slowly and hence it is not efficient.
 Even if the elements are sorted, n-1 passes are
required to sort.
 Selection Sort
 Selection sort determines the minimum (or maximum) of
the list and swaps it with the element at the index where
it is supposed to be.

 Procedure : In this technique after obtaining the smallest

element, it should be exchanged with the element in the
ith position.
temp = A[pos];
A[pos] = A[i];
A[i] = temp;
 Selection Sort Algorithm
for(i=0;i<n-1;i++)
{
pos=i
for(j=i+1;j<n;j++)
{
if(a[j]<a[pos])
pos=j
}
temp=a[pos]
a[pos]=a[i]
a[i]=temp
}
 Selection Sort
• Traverse a collection of elements
• It works by first finding the smallest element using a
linear scan and swapping it into the first position in
the list.

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 Selection Sort
• Traverse a collection of elements
• Finding the first smallest element by scanning the
remaining elements

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 Selection Sort
• Traverse a collection of elements
• Finding the second smallest element by scanning the
remaining elements, and so on....

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 Selection Sort
• Traverse a collection of elements

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 Selection Sort
• Traverse a collection of elements

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 Selection Sort
• Traverse a collection of elements

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 Selection Sort
• Traverse a collection of elements

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 Advantages & Disadvantages of Selection Sort

Advantages:
 Better to use when sorting through arrays.
 Performance is quicker than Bubble sort.
 Notable for its programming
 The simplest of sorting techniques and works very well for
small files

Disadvantages:
 Quite inefficient for sorting large data volumes.
 Spends most of its time trying to find the minimum
element in the "unsorted" part of the array.
 Summary
 The choice of a sort algorithm normally bases on
some properties of the data you have to sort.
 Bubble sort is not a practical sorting algorithm
when n is large.
 Selection sort algorithm is an easy-to-program,
but very inefficient sorting algorithm.
 References
 [1] Ashok N. Kamthane, Introduction to Data
Structures in C, Pearson Education, India, 2007
 [2] A. M. Padma Reddy, Systematic Approach to Data
Structures Using C, 7th Edition, 2007
 [3] Ellis Horowitz, Fundamentals of Computer
Algorithms, Universities Press, 2nd Edition, 2009
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