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58 changes: 58 additions & 0 deletions sorting-algos/pigeon_sort
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#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
void pigeonhole(int a[],int n)
{
int min=a[0],max=a[0],i; //initialise the value minimum and maximum equal to first element of the array
for(i=1;i<n;i++)
{
if(max<a[i])
max=a[i]; //here we find the maximum value of array and store in max
if(min>a[i])
min=a[i]; //here we find the minimum value of the array and store in min
}
int range=max-min+1; //we define a size of holes

vector<int>holes[range]; // here we initialise a array

for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
{
holes[a[i]-min].push_back(a[i]); //here we sorted the array and store in the holes array
}
int index=0;
for(int i=0;i<range;i++)
{
vector<int>::iterator it;
for(it=holes[i].begin();it!=holes[i].end();++it)
{
a[index++]= *it; // here we store the vlue of holes array into a array
}
}
}
int main()
{
int n;
cout<<"enter the n";
cin>>n; //we take a array size input from the user
int a[n],i;
for(i=0;i<n;i++)
{
cin>>a[i]; // initialise the array
}
pigeonhole(a,n); //call the function
for(i=0;i<n;i++)
{
cout<<"the sorted array is"<<endl;
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Put this 'cout' statement out of the for loop.

cout<<a[i]<<" ";
}
return 0;
}



/* Input
enter the size of n
7
6 4 5 3 2 1
the sorted array is
1 2 3 4 5 6
*/