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+#include <iostream>
+using namespace std;
+void selectionsort(int [], int);
+void swap(int*, int*);
+void getArray(int [], int);
+int main()	//Driver code
+{
+	int arr[] = {-2, 6, 28, 13, 16, 11};
+	int n = 6;
+	selectionsort(arr, n);
+	cout<<"Sorted Array:\n";
+	getArray(arr, n);
+	return 0;
+}
+void swap(int *x, int *y)	//Function to swap the elements
+{
+	int temp;
+	temp = *x;
+	*x = *y;
+	*y = temp;
+}
+void selectionsort(int arr1[], int sz)	//Selection sort function
+{
+	int i, j, small;
+	for (i = 0; i<sz-1; i++)	//outer loop
+	{
+		small = i;
+		for (j = i+1; j<sz; j++)	//inner loop
+		{
+			if(arr1[j]<arr1[small])	//compares value at j and small
+			{
+				small = j;	//if value at j is smaller, index is stored in small
+			}
+		}
+		swap(arr1[i], arr1[small]); 	//swapping the smallest element 
+	}
+}
+void getArray(int A[], int size)	//Function to display the array
+{
+	for (int i = 0; i<size; i++)
+	{
+		cout<<A[i]<<' ';
+	}
+}