This algorithm is divided into two phases- Odd and Even Phase. The algorithm runs until the array elements are sorted and in each iteration two phases occurs- Odd and Even Phases.In the odd phase, we perform a bubble sort on odd indexed elements and in the even phase, we perform a bubble sort on even indexed elements.
Sample Program :-
using namespace std;
void oddEvenSort(int arr[], int n)
{
bool isSorted = false; // Initially array is unsorted
while (!isSorted) {
isSorted = true;
// Perform Bubble sort on odd indexed element
for (int i = 1; i <= n - 2; i = i + 2) {
if (arr[i] > arr[i + 1]) {
swap(arr[i], arr[i + 1]);
isSorted = false;
}
}
// Perform Bubble sort on even indexed element
for (int i = 0; i <= n - 2; i = i + 2) {
if (arr[i] > arr[i + 1]) {
swap(arr[i], arr[i + 1]);
isSorted = false;
}
}
}
return;
}
// A utility function ot print an array of size n
void printArray(int arr[], int n)
{
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
cout << arr[i] << " ";
cout << "\n";
}
// Driver program to test above functions.
int main()
{
int arr[] = { 34, 2, 10, -9 };
int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
cout<<"The array after sort :=";
oddEvenSort(arr, n);
printArray(arr, n);
return (0);
}
OUTPUT:-
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