Sorting an int array as MAX, MIN, MAX,.....

Ali Alfaraj

Good day dear members,

I would like to write a function that will take an int array as an argument proudces any array that is sorted as MAX, MIN, MAX,.......

For example given the below int array:

int[] ExamScore = new int[] { 55, 11, 21, 6 };

When passed to the required function, the resultent array would be sorted like this: 55, 6, 21, 11.

It basically takes the MAX and MIN of the initial array, then eliminate them and look for the new MAX and MIN values within the remaining items.

I appriciated your kind support on this.

Regards,

Ali

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Vulpes11y ago
Try this:

using System;
using System.Linq;

class Program
{
static void Main()
{
int[] ExamScore = new int[] { 55, 11, 21, 6 };
MaxMinSort(ExamScore);
for(int i = 0; i < ExamScore.Length; i++)
Console.Write("{0} ", ExamScore[i]);
Console.ReadKey();
}

static void MaxMinSort(int[] array)
{
int[] desc = array.OrderByDescending(i => i).ToArray();
int limit = array.Length - 1;

for(int i = 0; i <= limit; i += 2)
{
array[i] = desc[i/2];
if (i < limit) array[i + 1] = desc[limit - i/2];
}
}
}
Ali Alfaraj11y ago
Hello Joginder,
The language I'm using is visual c#.
Joginder Banger11y ago
hi ali,
have no clear in your question which language are used. if you are use c# language have a predefined function.
clear which language are used..