UNB/ CS/ David Bremner/ teaching/ cs1083/ java/ IntSelectionSort.java
public class IntSelectionSort
{  /**
      Finds the smallest element in
      an array range.
      @param a the array to search
      @param from the first position
        in a to compare
      @return the position of the
      smallest element in the range
      a[from]...a[a.length - 1]
   */
   public static int
     minimumPosition(int[] a,
                     int from)
   {
     int minPos = from;
     for (int i = from + 1;
          i < a.length;
          i++)

       if (a[i] < a[minPos])
         minPos = i;

     return minPos;
   }
  //
   /**
      Sorts an array.
      @param a the array to sort
   */
   public static void sort(int[] a)
   {
     for (int n = 0;
          n < a.length - 1;
          n++)
       {
         int minPos =
           minimumPosition(a, n);
         if (minPos != n){
           // swap
           int temp=a[n];
           a[n]=a[minPos];
           a[minPos]=temp;
         }
      }
   }
}
//@keywords: array, sorting, selection sort, week 3