Heap sort in C

Let’s see how to write a heap Sort program in C Language.

Here is the example snippet for you, try to understand the logic by going line by line:

#include <stdio.h>
 
void create(int []);
void down_adjust(int [],int);
 
void main()
{
	int heap[30],n,i,last,temp;
	printf("Enter no. of elements:");
	scanf("%d",&n);
	printf("\nEnter elements:");
	for(i=1;i<=n;i++) scanf("%d",&heap[i]); //create a heap heap[0]=n; create(heap); //sorting while(heap[0] > 1)
	{
		//swap heap[1] and heap[last]
		last=heap[0];
		temp=heap[1];
		heap[1]=heap[last];
		heap[last]=temp;
		heap[0]--;
		down_adjust(heap,1);
	}
 
	//print sorted data
	printf("\nArray after sorting:\n");
	for(i=1;i<=n;i++) printf("%d ",heap[i]); } void create(int heap[]) { int i,n; n=heap[0]; //no. of elements for(i=n/2;i>=1;i--)
		down_adjust(heap,i);
}
 
void down_adjust(int heap[],int i)
{
	int j,temp,n,flag=1;
	n=heap[0];
	
	while(2*i<=n && flag==1)
	{
		j=2*i;	//j points to left child
		if(j+1<=n && heap[j+1] > heap[j])
			j=j+1;
		if(heap[i] > heap[j])
			flag=0;
		else
		{
			temp=heap[i];
			heap[i]=heap[j];
			heap[j]=temp;
			i=j;
		}
	}
}

I hope this example C program helps you to understand heap sorting in C language.