Sort array in descending order

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Write a program in C language which accepts integer values from user, sorts it in descending order and prints the integers in descending order.

#include
#include
void main()
{
    int arr[100],i,j,no,temp;
    clrscr();
    printf("\nEnter the no of Elements: ");
    scanf("%d", &no);
    
    for(i=0;i

Output:


Enter the no of Elements: 5

Enter Element 1: 1

Enter Element 2: 2

Enter Element 3: 3

Enter Element 4: 4

Enter Element 5: 5

Sorted array:   5       4       3       2       1

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16 Responses

  1. Anonymous says:
    October 12, 2012 at 8:05 pm

    excellent explanation………

    Reply
  2. priyanka kannan says:
    December 10, 2012 at 3:00 pm

    it is possible try it

    Reply
  3. deepak kulaye says:
    February 7, 2013 at 5:20 pm

    awesome…nothing is easier code than this one…thanks a lot…!!!

    Reply
  4. Anonymous says:
    March 26, 2013 at 9:20 pm

    ty mate 🙂

    Reply
  5. Anonymous says:
    June 9, 2013 at 9:14 am

    if i sort array with this code its ascending for me

    Reply
  6. Anonymous says:
    June 9, 2013 at 9:17 am

    you need to change from this for(j=i;j for(j=i;j<=no;j++

    Reply
  7. nepp says:
    July 9, 2013 at 7:22 am

    tnx for this example , it helps me a lot

    Reply
  8. Anonymous says:
    November 7, 2013 at 5:20 pm

    Nice explanation it was vry useful thank u so mch……

    Reply
  9. Roshan steelman says:
    November 19, 2013 at 12:45 pm

    thanks for solving my doubt I am now clarified thanks to
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    Reply
  10. Anonymous says:
    November 28, 2013 at 4:57 pm

    Great Job!!
    Keep it up..
    It helps me..

    Reply
  11. Dexter Lumely says:
    December 22, 2013 at 2:16 pm

    You never used integer ‘element’ ,what’s the point of putting it ?

    Reply
  12. LearnCOnline says:
    December 23, 2013 at 5:08 pm

    Hello,
    Thanks for correcting us. We have removed the int variabled named “element”.

    Thanks,
    LearnCOnline Team

    http://www.learnconline.com
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    Reply
  13. asha gupta says:
    March 24, 2014 at 8:34 am

    thank it’s very helpful

    Reply
  14. danish says:
    April 30, 2015 at 8:13 am

    i want a turbo c program for sorting of character array,,,,,

    Reply
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