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C program implemented using Lomuto partition scheme

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void quicksort(int [],int,int);
int partition(int [],int,int);

void main()
{
  int n,array[20],i;
  printf("\nEnter size of array :- ");//input size
  scanf("%d",&n);
  printf("\nEnter Elements :- ");//read array elements
  for(i=0;i<n;i++)
  {
      printf("\nElement %d is ",i+1);
      scanf("%d",&array[i]);
  }
  printf("\nOriginal array is :- ");//print original array
  for(i=0;i<n;i++)
  printf(" [%d] ",array[i]);
  quicksort(array,0,n-1);
  printf("\nSorted array is :-");//print sorted array
  for(i=0;i<n;i++)
  printf(" [%d] ",array[i]);
  printf("\n");
}

void quicksort(int x[],int p,int q)
{
  int pivot;
  if(p<q)//to end recursion
  {
      pivot = partition(x,p,q);//finding pivot element
      quicksort(x,p,pivot-1);
      quicksort(x,pivot+1,q);
  }
}

int partition(int x[],int p,int q)
{
  int temp,j;
  int i = p-1;
  for(j=p;j<q;j++)
  {
      if(x[j]<x[q])//swap all elements less than pivot to left side
      {
        i+=1;
        temp=x[i];
        x[i]=x[j];
        x[j]=temp;
      }
  }
  if(x[q]<x[i+1])//swap if pivot is less than i+1 wall element
  {
    temp=x[i+1];
    x[i+1]=x[q];
    x[q]=temp;
  }
  return i+1;//return correct position of pivot element
}```