Selection sort in java

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Selection sort is an in place comparison sorting algorithm. It is very simple to implement but it does not go well with large number of inputs.

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Selection sort algorithm
Selection sort algorithm
Time complexity

Selection sort algorithm

Find the minimum element in the list.
Swap minimum element with current element.
Repeat the whole process until array is fully sorted.

Below visualization will make it more clear

Selection sort algorithm

package org.arpit.java2blog;

import java.util.Arrays;

public class SelectionSortMain {

public static int[] selectionSort(int[] arr){

for (int i = 0; i < arr.length - 1; i++)

{

int index = i;

for (int j = i + 1; j < arr.length; j++)

if (arr[j] < arr[index])

index = j;

int smallerNumber = arr[index];

arr[index] = arr[i];

arr[i] = smallerNumber;

}

return arr;

}

public static void main(String a[]){

int[] arr = {40,10,-30,45,39,32};

System.out.println("Before Sorting : ");

System.out.println(Arrays.toString(arr));

arr = selectionSort(arr);

System.out.println("===================");

System.out.println("After Sorting : ");

System.out.println(Arrays.toString(arr));

}

When you run above program, you will get below output:

Before Sorting :

[40, 10, -30, 45, 39, 32]

===================

After Sorting :

[-30, 10, 32, 39, 40, 45]

Time complexity

Best case : O(N^2)
Average case : O(N^2)
Worst case : O(N^2)

To understand more about complexity,please go through complexity of algorithm.

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