stooge_sort.cpp

#include<iostream>

using namespace std;

// A function implementing stooge sort.
void StoogeSort(int a[],int start, int end)
{
	int temp;
	// Further breaking the array if the Subpart's length is more than 2.
	if(end-start+1 > 2)
	{
		temp = (end-start+1)/3;
		StoogeSort(a, start, end-temp);
		StoogeSort(a, start+temp, end);
		StoogeSort(a, start, end-temp);
	}

	// swapping the element at start and end.
	if(a[end] < a[start])
	{
		temp = a[start];
		a[start] = a[end];
		a[end] = temp;
	}
}

int main()
{
	int n, i;
	cout<<"\nEnter the number of data element to be sorted: ";
	cin>>n;

	int arr[n];
	for(i = 0; i < n; i++)
	{
		cout<<"Enter element "<<i+1<<": ";
		cin>>arr[i];
	}

	StoogeSort(arr, 0, n-1);

	// Printing the sorted data.
	cout<<"\nSorted Data ";
	for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
		cout<<"->"<<arr[i];

	return 0;
}