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Java implementation of QuickSort
// Java implementation of QuickSort
import java.io.*;
class GFG{
// A utility function to swap two elements
static void swap(int[] arr, int i, int j)
{
int temp = arr[i];
arr[i] = arr[j];
arr[j] = temp;
}
/* This function takes last element as pivot, places
the pivot element at its correct position in sorted
array, and places all smaller (smaller than pivot)
to left of pivot and all greater elements to right
of pivot */
static int partition(int[] arr, int low, int high)
{
// pivot
int pivot = arr[high];
// Index of smaller element and
// indicates the right position
// of pivot found so far
int i = (low - 1);
for(int j = low; j <= high - 1; j++)
{
// If current element is smaller
// than the pivot
if (arr[j] < pivot)
{
// Increment index of
// smaller element
i++;
swap(arr, i, j);
}
}
swap(arr, i + 1, high);
return (i + 1);
}
/* The main function that implements QuickSort
arr[] --> Array to be sorted,
low --> Starting index,
high --> Ending index
*/
static void quickSort(int[] arr, int low, int high)
{
if (low < high)
{
// pi is partitioning index, arr[p]
// is now at right place
int pi = partition(arr, low, high);
// Separately sort elements before
// partition and after partition
quickSort(arr, low, pi - 1);
quickSort(arr, pi + 1, high);
}
}
// Function to print an array
static void printArray(int[] arr, int size)
{
for(int i = 0; i < size; i++)
System.out.print(arr[i] + " ");
System.out.println();
}
// Driver Code
public static void main(String[] args)
{
int[] arr = { 10, 7, 8, 9, 1, 5 };
int n = arr.length;
quickSort(arr, 0, n - 1);
System.out.println("Sorted array: ");
printArray(arr, n);
}
}
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