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Given a singly linked list, sort it using bubble sort. sorting image

Input : 10->30->20->5
Output : 5->10->20->30

Input : 20->4->3
Output : 3->4->20

C




// C program to implement Bubble Sort on singly linked list 
#include<stdio.h> 
#include<stdlib.h> 
  
/* structure for a node */
struct Node 
    int data; 
    struct Node *next; 
}; 
  
/* Function to insert a node at the beginning of a linked list */
void insertAtTheBegin(struct Node **start_ref, int data); 
  
/* Function to bubble sort the given linked list */
void bubbleSort(struct Node *start); 
  
/* Function to swap data of two nodes a and b*/
void swap(struct Node *a, struct Node *b); 
  
/* Function to print nodes in a given linked list */
void printList(struct Node *start); 
  
int main() 
    int arr[] = {12, 56, 2, 11, 1, 90}; 
    int list_size, i; 
  
    /* start with empty linked list */
    struct Node *start = NULL; 
  
    /* Create linked list from the array arr[]. 
    Created linked list will be 1->11->2->56->12 */
    for (i = 0; i< 6; i++) 
        insertAtTheBegin(&start, arr[i]); 
  
    /* print list before sorting */
    printf("\n Linked list before sorting "); 
    printList(start); 
  
    /* sort the linked list */
    bubbleSort(start); 
  
    /* print list after sorting */
    printf("\n Linked list after sorting "); 
    printList(start); 
  
    getchar(); 
    return 0; 
  
  
/* Function to insert a node at the beginning of a linked list */
void insertAtTheBegin(struct Node **start_ref, int data) 
    struct Node *ptr1 = (struct Node*)malloc(sizeof(struct Node)); 
    ptr1->data = data; 
    ptr1->next = *start_ref; 
    *start_ref = ptr1; 
  
/* Function to print nodes in a given linked list */
void printList(struct Node *start) 
    struct Node *temp = start; 
    printf("\n"); 
    while (temp!=NULL) 
    
        printf("%d ", temp->data); 
        temp = temp->next; 
    
  
/* Bubble sort the given linked list */
void bubbleSort(struct Node *start) 
    int swapped, i; 
    struct Node *ptr1; 
    struct Node *lptr = NULL; 
  
    /* Checking for empty list */
    if (start == NULL) 
        return
  
    do
    
        swapped = 0; 
        ptr1 = start; 
  
        while (ptr1->next != lptr) 
        
            if (ptr1->data > ptr1->next->data) 
            
                swap(ptr1, ptr1->next); 
                swapped = 1; 
            
            ptr1 = ptr1->next; 
        
        lptr = ptr1; 
    
    while (swapped); 
  
/* function to swap data of two nodes a and b*/
void swap(struct Node *a, struct Node *b) 
    int temp = a->data; 
    a->data = b->data; 
    b->data = temp; 


Output:

 Linked list before sorting
90 1 11 2 56 12
 Linked list after sorting
1 2 11 12 56 90

Time Complexity: O(n2)
Auxiliary Space: O(1)



Last Updated : 10 Jan, 2023
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