Java Program to Implement Quick Sort Algorithm

Before you learn about the quick sort algorithm in Java, make sure you know the working of Quick Sort Algorithm.

Example: Java Program to Implement Quick Sort Algorithm

// Quick sort in Java

import java.util.Arrays;

class Main {

  // divide the array on the basis of pivot
  int partition(int array[], int low, int high) {

    // select last element as pivot
    int pivot = array[high];

    // initialize the second pointer
    int i = (low - 1);

    // Put the elements smaller than pivot on the left and
    // greater than pivot on the right of pivot
    for (int j = low; j < high; j++) {

      // compare all elements with pivot
      // swap the element greater than pivot
      // with element smaller than pivot
      // to sort in descending order
      // if (array[j] >= pivot)
      if (array[j] <= pivot) {

        // increase the second pointer if
        // smaller element is swapped with greater
        i++;
        int temp = array[i];
        array[i] = array[j];
        array[j] = temp;
      }
    }

    // put pivot in position
    // so that element on left are smaller
    // element on right are greater than pivot
    int temp = array[i + 1];
    array[i + 1] = array[high];
    array[high] = temp;
    return (i + 1);
  }

  void quickSort(int array[], int low, int high) {
    if (low < high) {

      // Select pivot position and put all the elements smaller
      // than pivot on left and greater than pivot on right
      int pi = partition(array, low, high);

      // sort the elements on the left of pivot
      quickSort(array, low, pi - 1);

      // sort the elements on the right of pivot
      quickSort(array, pi + 1, high);
    }
  }

  // Driver code
  public static void main(String args[]) {

    // create an unsorted array
    int[] data = { 8, 7, 2, 1, 0, 9, 6 };
    int size = data.length;

    // create an object of Main class
    Main qs = new Main();

    // pass the array with the first and last index
    qs.quickSort(data, 0, size - 1);
    System.out.println("Sorted Array: ");
    System.out.println(Arrays.toString(data));
  }
}

Output 1

Unsorted Array:
[8, 7, 2, 1, 0, 9, 6]
Sorted Array:
[0, 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9]

Here, the elements of the array are sorted in ascending order. If we want to sort the elements in descending order, then inside the for loop of the partition() method, we can change the code as:

// the less than sign is changed to greater than
if (array[j] >= pivot) {