package pratise; class Quicksort{ //set up a call to the actual Quicksort method. static void qsort(char items[]){ qs(items, 0, items.length-1); } //A recursive version of Quicksort for charaters. private static void qs(char items[], int left, int right){ int i, j; char x, y; i = left; j = right; x = items[(left+right)/2]; do{ while((items[i] < x) && (i < right)) i++; while((x < items[j]) && (j > left)) j--; if(i <= j){ y = items[i]; items[i] = items[j]; items[j] = y; i++; j--; } }while(i <= j); if(left < j) qs(items, left, j); if(i < right) qs(items, i, right); } } public class Construct { public static void main(String[] args) { char a[] = {'d', 'x', 'a', 'r', 'p', 'j', 'i'}; int i; System.out.println("Original array: "); for(i = 0; i < a.length; i++){ System.out.println(a[i]); } System.out.println(); //now, sort the array Quicksort.qsort(a); System.out.print("Sorted array: "); for(i = 0; i < a.length; i++){ System.out.print(a[i]); } } }