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Task/Sorting-algorithms-Cocktail-sort/Java/sorting-algorithms-cocktail-sort.java

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+public static void cocktailSort( int[] A ){
+	boolean swapped;
+	do {
+		swapped = false;
+		for (int i =0; i<=  A.length  - 2;i++) {
+			if (A[ i ] > A[ i + 1 ]) {
+				//test whether the two elements are in the wrong order
+				int temp = A[i];
+				A[i] = A[i+1];
+				A[i+1]=temp;
+				swapped = true;
+			}
+		}
+		if (!swapped) {
+			//we can exit the outer loop here if no swaps occurred.
+			break;
+		}
+		swapped = false;
+		for (int i= A.length - 2;i>=0;i--) {
+			if (A[ i ] > A[ i + 1 ]) {
+				int temp = A[i];
+				A[i] = A[i+1];
+				A[i+1]=temp;
+				swapped = true;
+			}
+		}
+		//if no elements have been swapped, then the list is sorted
+	} while (swapped);
+}