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Sleep sort for an array for #3
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srbcheema1 authored Oct 13, 2017
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <process.h>

void routine(void *a)
{
int n = *(int *) a; // typecasting from void to int

// Sleeping time is proportional to the number
// More precisely this thread sleep for 'n' milliseconds
Sleep(n);

// After the sleep, print the number
printf("%d ", n);

void sleepSort(int arr[], int n)
{
// An array of threads, one for each of the elements
// in the input array
HANDLE threads[n];

// Create the threads for each of the input array elements
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
threads[i] = (HANDLE)_beginthread(&routine, 0, &arr[i]);

// Process these threads
WaitForMultipleObjects(n, threads, TRUE, INFINITE);
return;
}

// Driver program to test above functions
int main()
{
// Doesn't work for negative numbers
int arr[] = {34, 23, 122, 9};
int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);

sleepSort (arr, n);

return(0);
}

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