Selection Sort in Perl

Selection

Sort in Perl

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Current Solution

#!/usr/bin/env perl
use v5.42;

use feature qw/keyword_any/;
no warnings 'experimental::keyword_any';

sub usage {
    say 'Usage: please provide a list of at least two integers to sort in the format "1, 2, 3, 4, 5"';
    exit;
}

sub parse_list ($s) {
    return undef unless defined $s;

    my @vals = split /\s*,\s*/, $s;

    return undef if @vals < 2;
    return undef if any { $_ !~ /\A-?\d+\z/ } @vals;

    return [ map 0 + $_, @vals ];
}

sub selection_sort ($a) {
    my $n = @$a;

    for my $i ( 0 .. $n - 2 ) {
        my $min = $i;

        for my $j ( $i + 1 .. $n - 1 ) {
            $min = $j if $a->[$j] < $a->[$min];
        }

        ( $a->[$i], $a->[$min] ) = ( $a->[$min], $a->[$i] ) if $i != $min;
    }

    return $a;
}

my ($input) = @ARGV;
my $a = parse_list($input) or usage();

selection_sort($a);
say join ', ', @$a;

Selection Sort in Perl was written by:

• Mr Anand Somashekhara Rao Somavarapete
• Ștefan-Iulian Alecu

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