BogoSort in C - Sanfoundry

This C Program Implements BogoSort in an Integer Array.

Here is source code of the C Program to Implement BogoSort in an Integer Array. The C program is successfully compiled and run on a Linux system. The program output is also shown below.

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 * C Program to Implement BogoSort in an Integer Array

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#include <stdio.h>
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#include <stdlib.h>
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#define size 7
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/* Function Prototypes */
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int is_sorted(int *, int);
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void shuffle(int *, int); 
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void bogosort(int *, int);
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int main()
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    int numbers[size];
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    int i;
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    printf("Enter the elements of array:");

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    for (i = 0; i < size;i++)
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    {
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        scanf("%d", &numbers[i]);
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    }
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    bogosort(numbers, size);
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    printf("The array after sorting is:");

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    for (i = 0;i < size;i++)
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        printf("%d\n", numbers[i]);
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    }
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    printf("\n");
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}
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/* Code to check if the array is sorted or not */

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int is_sorted(int *a, int n)
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    while (--n >= 1)
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    {
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        if (a[n] < a[n - 1])
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        {
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            return 0;
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          }
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    }
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      return 1;
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}
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/* Code to shuffle the array elements */

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void shuffle(int *a, int n)
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    int i, t, temp;
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    for (i = 0;i < n;i++)
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    {
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        t = a[i];
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        temp = rand() % n;    /* Shuffles the given array using Random function */

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        a[i] = a[temp];
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        a[temp] = t;
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    }
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}
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/* Code to check if the array is sorted or not and if not sorted calls the shuffle function to shuffle the array elements */

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void bogosort(int *a, int n)
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    while (!is_sorted(a, n))
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    {
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        shuffle(a, n);
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    }
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}
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$ cc bogo_sort.c
Average case:
$ a.out
Enter the elements of array:56
34
96
26
08
87
36
The array after sorting is:8
26
34
36
56
87
96
 
Best case:
$ a.out
Enter the elements of array:12
23
34
45
56
67
78
The array after sorting is:12
23
34
45
56
67
78
 
Worst case:
$ a.out
Enter the elements of array:984
38
983
389
37
596
483
The array after sorting is:37
38
389
483
596
983
984

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