Here is source code of the C Program to Implement Pancake Sort on Array of Integers. The C program is successfully compiled and run on a Linux system. The program output is also shown below.
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/*
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* C Program to Implement Pancake Sort on Array of Integers
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*/
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#include <stdio.h>
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#include <stdlib.h>
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void do_flip(int *, int, int);
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/*Function to implement the pancake sort*/
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int pancake_sort(int *list, unsigned int length)
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{
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if (length < 2)
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return 0;
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int i, a, max_num_pos, moves;
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moves = 0;
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for (i = length;i > 1;i--)
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{
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max_num_pos = 0;
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for (a = 0;a < i;a++)
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{
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if (list[a] > list[max_num_pos])
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max_num_pos = a;
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}
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if (max_num_pos == i - 1)
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continue;
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if (max_num_pos)
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{
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moves++;
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do_flip(list, length, max_num_pos + 1);
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}
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do_flip(list, length, i);
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}
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return moves;
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}
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/*Function to do flips in the elements*/
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void do_flip(int *list, int length, int num)
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{
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int swap;
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int i = 0;
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for (i;i < --num;i++)
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{
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swap = list[i];
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list[i] = list[num];
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list[num] = swap;
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}
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}
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/*Function to print the array*/
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void print_array(int list[], int length)
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{
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int i;
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for (i = 0;i < length;i++)
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{
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printf("%d ", list[i]);
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}
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}
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int main(int argc, char **argv)
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{
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int list[9];
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int i;
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printf("enter the 9 elements of array:\n");
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for (i = 0;i < 9;i++)
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scanf("%d", &list[i]);
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printf("\nOriginal: ");
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print_array(list, 9);
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int moves = pancake_sort(list, 9);
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printf("\nSorted: ");
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print_array(list, 9);
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printf(" - with a total of %d moves\n", moves);
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}
$ cc pancake.c $ a.out enter the 9 elements of array: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Original: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Sorted: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 - with a total of 0 moves $ a.out enter the 9 elements of array: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Original: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Sorted: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - with a total of 0 moves $ a.out enter the 9 elements of array: 5 6 7 8 9 1 4 2 3 Original: 5 6 7 8 9 1 4 2 3 Sorted: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - with a total of 3 moves