can any1 help me with this bubble sort program and tell why it takes garbage values

[ig_bpit]

in this program i am dynamically allocating space for an array and then sorting the numbers entered by the user this program run successfully when array size is small as i try to take larger array size it some how take some garbage value plz help me with this problem...

#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#define NULL 0
void main()
{
clrscr();
int *ptr,*i,j,n,t;
printf("enter the number\n :" );
scanf("%d",&n);
ptr=(int*)malloc(n*sizeof(int));//dynamic memory allocation for a block of memory of size n to be entered by user
printf("input %d values\n",n);

for(i=ptr;i<ptr+n;i++)
{
scanf("%d",i);//inputting the values entered by the user into the block of dynamic memory of size n 
}


if(ptr==NULL)//checking for availability of memory for dynamic allocation
{
printf("memory not sufficient");
 exit(1);
}

else
{
for(j=1;j<=n-1;j++)//applying bubble sort algorithm 
{
for(i=ptr;i<=ptr+(n-j);i++)
{
if(*i<=*(i+1))
{
t=*i;
*i=*(i+1);
*(i+1)=t;
}
else
{
continue;
}
}
}}

for(i=ptr;i<ptr+n;i++)// printing the sorted list
{
printf("%d\t",*i);
}


getch();
}

[oogabooga]

Your code has no spacing or indentation. I'm not reading it.

[ig_bpit]

i m really sry.i am a nwb so plz frgiv me for nt putting d ques in right form and nw will keep in my mnd before postin...

[smokeyangel]

Agreed, indentation please!

You should do your NULL pointer check straight after the malloc. As it is you try to read lots of data into a pointer that could be NULL. But then I'd expect a segfault/access violation, rather than garbage.

How large is "larger"? Potentially large enough for the malloc to fail? What compiler are you using?

[ig_bpit]

larger mean 20,compiler which i am using is turboc

[stahta01]

I suggest learning to use functions!

I am guessing you have a poor bubble sort code; not worth my time to verify it.

Tim S.

Formatted your code below.

#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#define NULL 0
void main()
{
	int *ptr,*i,j,n,t;
	clrscr();
	printf("enter the number\n :" );
	scanf("%d",&n);
	ptr=(int*)malloc(n*sizeof(int));//dynamic memory allocation for a block of memory of size n to be entered by user
	printf("input %d values\n",n);

	for(i=ptr; i<ptr+n; i++)
	{
		scanf("%d",i);//inputting the values entered by the user into the block of dynamic memory of size n
	}


	if(ptr==NULL)//checking for availability of memory for dynamic allocation
	{
		printf("memory not sufficient");
		exit(1);
	}

	else
	{
		for(j=1; j<=n-1; j++) //applying bubble sort algorithm
		{
			for(i=ptr; i<=ptr+(n-j); i++)
			{
				if(*i<=*(i+1))
				{
					t=*i;
					*i=*(i+1);
					*(i+1)=t;
				}
				else
				{
					continue;
				}
			}
		}
	}

	for(i=ptr; i<ptr+n; i++) // printing the sorted list
	{
		printf("%d\t",*i);
	}


	getch();
}

[anduril462]

i m really sry.i am a nwb so plz frgiv me for nt putting d ques in right form and nw will keep in my mnd before postin...

Just like code with no indentation, spelling, etc is obnoxious to read, so is your "SMS speak", with poor spelling, spacing and punctuation. Use normal English to the best of your ability, so everybody is clear on what you're saying. I'm pretty sure that's not how they taught you English at school.

I know schools in India require you to use Turbo C, but it would be a good idea to learn a modern compiler and the modern standard version of C as well. There are a number of free compilers/IDEs available, like Pelles C, Code::Blocks with MinGW, MS Visual C++ Express, and of course, if you have Linux or the like, there is GCC.

Start with some basics like using int main(void) and returning an int at the end, usually 0 for success. Also, clrscr() and getch() are not standard functions. Just don't use clrscr, and use getchar in place of getch.

Your code does seg fault. When I ran it for 20 integers, it seg faulted here:

if(*i<=*(i+1))

i is at ptr+19, so i+1 is at ptr+20, i.e. ptr[20], which is an out of bounds access. You allocate 20 spaces, which are indexes 0-19. The problem is probably due to your inner for loop:

for(i=ptr; i<=ptr+(n-j); i++)

That <= should probably be just a <.

This should make it obvious just how ugly and confusing pointer syntax usually is. Prefer array syntax, since ptr is effectively an array (i.e. it's consecutive data). That means do stuff like ptr[index] instead of *i, *(i+1), etc.

[memcpy]

i m really sry.i am a nwb so plz frgiv me for nt putting d ques in right form and nw will keep in my mnd before postin...

I'm no grammar nazi, but for ........s sake, out of those 28 "words", 12 were misspelled. And the problem isn't that it's the wrong forum, it's that you didn't use indentation and your code is hard to read.

Also, you might want to get another compiler that warns about void main, and doesn't support the <30 year-old <conio.h> header.

[iMalc]

i m really sry.i am a nwb so plz frgiv me for nt putting d ques in right form and nw will keep in my mnd before postin...

If you want anyone to actually help you, then stop wasting our time by forcing us to spend extra time trying to decode your obfuscated text.
You job is to do as much as possible to make it easy for those who might choose to help you, not to annoy them.

[phantomotap]

O_o

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[claudiu]

O_o

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I know what that last word means haha, pure gold though.

[Salem]

I pasted it into google translate, and it thought it was French

[ig_bpit]

Thanks for all your sarcastic replies but for your kind informatiom none of them really helped....

[iMalc]

Maybe you misunderstand sarcasm. I was being frank, as I'm thought many others were.

Back to the code at hand... Why do you have a continue in there? Do you expect the loop to stop otherwise. Okay, that was perhaps sarcasm that time. Anyway, there' nothing between it and the next loop iteration, so it has no effect.

I think the best thing for you to do now would be to post your updated code after taking anduril462's advice. Don't forget indentation this time.

Lastly, whenever possible always post the input you are providing, the output you are getting, and the output you were expecting.