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* [Comb Sort](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/C/blob/master/sorting/comb_sort.c)
* [Counting Sort](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/C/blob/master/sorting/counting_sort.c)
* [Cycle Sort](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/C/blob/master/sorting/cycle_sort.c)
* [Dnf Sort](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/C/blob/master/sorting/dnf_sort.c)
* [Gnome Sort](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/C/blob/master/sorting/gnome_sort.c)
* [Heap Sort](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/C/blob/master/sorting/heap_sort.c)
* [Heap Sort 2](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/C/blob/master/sorting/heap_sort_2.c)
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/**
* @file
* @brief Program to perform [dutch national
* flag](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_national_flag_problem) of a target
* value in a given {0, 1, 2} containing array.
* @details The dutch national flag problem is a computer science programming
* problem proposed by Edsger Dijkstra.
* Given a length n array of thee values, say red(0), white(1) and blue(2), the
* task is to order them by group. This is achieved by moving three pointers and
* swapping values depending on the value of the middle pointer.
* @author [Bijan Riesenberg](https://github.com/Data-Hero) Iterative
*/
#include <assert.h> /// for assert
#include <inttypes.h> /// for the 8 bit sized int8_t type
#include <stdio.h> /// for IO operations
#include <stdlib.h> /// for memory allocation

/**
* @brief Dutch National Flag 3-Way inplace sort algorithm
* @param arr array containting elements from {0, 1, 2} to be sorted
* @param size size of the array
* @returns void
*/
void dnfSort(int8_t *arr, int size)
{
int low = 0, mid = 0, high = size - 1;
int8_t temp = 0;
while (mid <= high)
{
switch (arr[mid])
{
case 0:
temp = arr[low];
arr[low++] = arr[mid];
arr[mid++] = temp;
break;
case 1:
++mid;
break;
case 2:
temp = arr[mid];
arr[mid] = arr[high];
arr[high--] = temp;
break;
default:
break;
}
}
}

/**
* @brief Print an array containing int8_t elements
* @param arr array containting elements from {0, 1, 2} (int8_t) to be printed
* @param size size of the array
* @returns void
*/
void printArray(int8_t *arr, int size)
{
for (int c = 0; c < size; c++)
{
c != size - 1 ? printf("%" PRIi8 ", ", arr[c])
: printf("%" PRIi8 "\n", arr[c]);
}
}

/**
* @brief Self-test implementations
* @returns void
*/
static void test()
{
int size = 6;
int8_t *arr1 = (int8_t *)malloc(sizeof(int8_t) * size);
arr1[0] = 1, arr1[1] = 1, arr1[2] = 1, arr1[3] = 2, arr1[4] = 1,
arr1[5] = 0;
dnfSort(arr1, size);
int8_t compare1[] = {0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2};
for (int c = 0; c < size; c++)
{
assert(arr1[c] == compare1[c]);
}
free(arr1);

size = 1;
int8_t *arr2 = (int8_t *)malloc(sizeof(int8_t) * size);
arr2[0] = 2;
dnfSort(arr2, size);
int8_t compare2[] = {2};
for (int c = 0; c < size; c++)
{
assert(arr2[c] == compare2[c]);
}
free(arr2);
}

/**
* @brief Main Functiuon that reads an array of {0, 1, 2} and use the
* Dutch National Flag 3-Way sort algorithm to sort
* @returns int 0 if successful 1 if input is not in {0, 1, 2}
*/
int main(void)
{
test(); // run self-test implementations
int size = 0;
printf("Enter size of the array:\n");
scanf("%d", &size); // E.g. 8

printf("Enter the elements in {0, 1, 2} of the array\n");
int i;
int8_t *arr = (int8_t *)malloc(sizeof(int8_t) * size);
for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
{
scanf("%" SCNi8, &arr[i]);
if (arr[i] > 2 || arr[i] < 0)
{
printf("Elements need to be in {0, 1, 2}\n");
free(arr);
return 1;
}
}
printf("Original: \n");
printArray(arr, size);
dnfSort(arr, size);
printf("Sorted: \n");
printArray(arr, size);

free(arr);
return 0;
}