Archive:Sorting array in ascending and descending order using C

<source lang="c">/* TO PRINT THE NUMBERS IN ASCENDING AND DESCENDING ORDER USING ARRAYS */ /* PERFORMED BY MILAN */

int main(void) { int a[10], i=0, j=0, n, t;

printf ("\n Enter the no. of elements: "); scanf ("%d", &n); printf ("\n");

for (i = 0; i <n; i++) { printf ("\n Enter the %dth element: ", (i+1)); scanf ("%d", &a[i]); }

for (j=0 ; j<(n-1) ; j++) { for (i=0 ; i<(n-1) ; i++) { if (a[i+1] < a[i]) { t = a[i]; a[i] = a[i + 1]; a[i + 1] = t; } } }

printf ("\n Ascending order: "); for (i=0 ; i<n ; i++) { printf (" %d", a[i]); }

printf ("\n Descending order: "); for (i=n ; i>0 ; i--) { printf (" %d", a[i-1]); }

     /* indicate successful completion */
     return 0;

} /* OUTPUT:

Enter the no. of elements: 5

Enter the 1th element: 25

Enter the 2th element: 50

Enter the 3th element: 75

Enter the 4th element: 35

Enter the 5th element: 100

Ascending order:  25 35 50 75 100
Descending order:  100 75 50 35 25
*/

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