critical count for quicksort??

[nabil1983]

Does anyone know the code to show the critical count for a quick sort algorithm.
Basically my cd database is almost finished.
What i need to do is show a critical count for the quicksort

quicksort for my database

void q_sort (struct CdRecords array [], int count)
{
quick_sort(array,0,count-1);
}
void quick_sort (struct CdRecords array [], int left, int right)
{
int i, j;
char *x;
struct CdRecords temp;

i = left; 
j = right;

x = array[(left+right)/2].Genre;

do {
		while(strcmp(array[i].Genre,x)<0 && i<right) i++;
		while(strcmp(array[i].Genre,x)>0 && j>left) j--;
		if(i<=j) {
			temp = array[i];
			array[i] = array[j];
			array[j] = temp;
			i++; j--;
			
			}
			
			}while(i<=j);
			
		if(left<j) quick_sort(array, left, j);
	  	if(i<right)quick_sort(array, i, right);
	}

i used a naive sort and was able to show a critical count for that as shown below:

void naive_sort (struct CdRecords array [], int arraySize, int * count)
 {
   for (int pass = 0; pass <= arraySize - 2; pass++)
    { for (int counter = 0; counter <= arraySize - 2-pass; counter++)
       {
        *count = *count + 1; // count critical operations
        if (strcmp(array[counter].Artist,array[counter+1].Artist)>0)
	   swap (&array[counter], &array[counter+1]);
       }
    }
 }

// Exchange a given pair of values in an array
void swap (struct CdRecords * v1, struct CdRecords * v2)
  {
    struct CdRecords temp;
    temp = *v1;
    *v1 = *v2;
    *v2 = temp;
  }

critical count for naive sort

void sort_critical_count(struct CdRecords cdDB[],int choice)
{
     int count = 0;
     naive_sort (cdDB, datasize, & count);
     if(choice == 5)
        printf("\nCritical count is : %d\n",count);
     else
        printf("Array has been sorted");
     printf("Press Enter To Continue");
     fflush(stdin);
     getch();
}

neone know how i can implement this for the quicksort coding shown above !!
Also does neone know how u can output data ontoa excel spreadsheet??

apreciate all help!!
u all been a great help in recent days!!

[Narue]

>Does anyone know the code to show the critical count for a quick sort algorithm.
Use a global variable, and realize that all of the work is done in the partitioning step of the algorithm. Beyond that, it's pretty simple to add a critical counter to quicksort.

>Also does neone know how u can output data ontoa excel spreadsheet?
Well, you could meander over to www.wotsit.org and try to actually output an xls file...or you could take the easier route and output a comma delimited file, then import it into Excel.

[nabil1983]

Use a global variable, and realize that all of the work is done in the partitioning step of the algorithm.

or you could take the easier route and output a comma delimited file, then import it into Excel.

is there any example i can see for comma delimited file and could you explain the use of the Global Variable and Partitioning Step...
IM in a learning stage of C, but need info on these asap..

[nabil1983]

sorry mate ignore the partition and global variable quetion in my last post..
i just need to know aboutt comma delimmited files, how do i do it im quite confused on this one....

[Narue]

>i just need to know aboutt comma delimmited files, how do i do it im quite confused on this one....
It's pretty straightforward. Open a file and write the values to it, separated by commas:

FILE *out = fopen ( "somefile", "w" );

while ( !done ) {
  /* Do something with counter */

  fprintf ( out, "%d", counter );

  if ( !done )
    fputc ( ',', out );
}

fclose ( out );

Format the file as necessary to get the spreadsheet that you want.

[nabil1983]

I've tried that but for some reason it dont work. The program im working on is in the last Post i put. 'Finally Almost Finished 2 Problems!!'
Take a look there , cuz i got two vital problems in there. I've spent days and hours on this project and just these few things are giving me the problem.

I apreciate the help u've already given!!