Selectionsort

[delicate vigil]

I am really struggling with selectionsort and don't understand the codes i get when googling for a selectionsort method.

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[delicate vigil]

import java.util.Arrays;
public class sauce{
    public static void main(String[] args) {
    int[] a = {5, 4, 3, 2, 1};
    for(int i = 0; i < (a.length-1); i++){
        int indexmaxvalue = i;
        int tobetested = a[i];
            if(tobetested > indexmaxvalue){
                indexmaxvalue = tobetested;
            }
        a[a.length-1-i] = indexmaxvalue;
    }
    System.out.println(Arrays.toString(a));
}
}

this is what i got up until now but the output is [5, 4, 3, 4, 5]

also it's supposed to be in ascending order

[cedar stream]

then you'd need to find the min, not the max

you're only doing half of the swap

[delicate vigil]

wait i'll try again with the min and let you know if i got it right this time

thanks for yourhelp

[cedar stream]

also, consider that you have 2 kinds of values that you're working with

you have elements of the array, and you have indexes of the array.

with selection sort, you only need to compare elements.

indexes should never show up in comparisons within selectionsort, and indexes should never be compared with elements unless they already have some other special meaning

you're mixing indexes and elements

[delicate vigil]

ok imma give up on the selection sort thing and just try to get the damn thing working lol

but thanks alot for your help