which category/type of sorting algorithm is this?

Question

This might be a dumb question.
However, I am a little confused about categorizing this sort

here I am comparing the first element with all elements and then swapping with greater.
then picking the second element compared with all next and then swapping with greater

class Sort{ public static void main(String[] arg) { System.out.println("Sort"); int[] unsorted = {2,5,2,5,3,3,6,2,7,3,1,84,3}; for(int i=0;i<unsorted.length;i++) { for(int j=i;j<unsorted.length;j++) { if(unsorted[i] > unsorted[j]) { swap(unsorted,i,j); } } } System.out.println(Arrays.toString(unsorted)); } public static void swap(int[] arr,int i,int j) { int tmp = arr[i]; arr[i]=arr[j]; arr[j]=tmp; } }

Answer 1

That's selection sort. You can tell because after iteration i of the outer loop, all elements of the array up to index i are in their final positions. The only nonstandard bit is that the active element is swapped each time a smaller element is found; this is not the case in the “classic” selection sort but is common in actual implementations (particularly in embedded systems).