C Program Merge and Sort Elements of 2 Different Arrays

This C Program merge and sort elements of 2 different arrays

Here is source code of the C Program to merge and sort elements of 2 different arrays. 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 Merge and Sort Elements of 2 different arrays

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#include <stdio.h>
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void Merge(int * , int , int , int );
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void MergeSort(int *array, int left, int right)

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{
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    int middle = (left+right)/2;
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    /* We have to sort only when left<right because when left=right it is anyhow sorted*/

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    if(left<right)
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    {
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        /* Sort the left part */
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        MergeSort(array, left, middle);
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        /* Sort the right part */
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        MergeSort(array, middle + 1, right);

        /* Merge the two sorted parts */

        Merge(array, left, middle, right);

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    }
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}
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/* Merge functions merges the two sorted parts */

void Merge(int *array, int left, int middle, int right)

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    /*to store sorted array*/
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    int tmp[right - left + 1];
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    int pos = 0, leftposition = left, rightposition = middle + 1;

    while (leftposition <= middle && rightposition <= right)

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    {
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        if (array[leftposition] < array[rightposition])

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        {
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            tmp[pos++] = array[leftposition++];

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        }
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        else
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        {
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            tmp[pos++] = array[rightposition++];

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        }
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    }
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    while (leftposition <= middle)
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        tmp[pos++] = array[leftposition++];

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    while (rightposition <= right)
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        tmp[pos++] = array[rightposition++];

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    int i;
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    /* Copy back the sorted array to the original array */

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    for (i = 0; i < pos; i++)
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    {
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        array[i + left] = tmp[i];
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    }
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    return;
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}
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int main()
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    int size;
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    printf("\n enter the size of an array");

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    scanf("%d", &size);
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    int array[size];
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    int i, j, k;
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    printf("\n enter the array elements");

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    for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
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        scanf("%d", &array[i]);
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    }
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    /* Calling this functions sorts the array */

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    MergeSort(array, 0, size - 1);
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    for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
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    {
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        printf("%d ", array[i]);
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    }
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    printf("\n");
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    return 0;
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}
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$ cc pgm82.c
$ a.out
 
enter the size of an array10
 
enter the array elements-12
10
45
32
49
-58
69
38
98
34
-58 -12 10 32 34 38 45 49 69 98

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