Question

I am having trouble understanding this pseudocode, and implementing it into my program. Can anybody explain it better or show me how the code would look? Thanks.

A - an array containing the list of numbers
numItems - the number of numbers in the list

for i = 0 to numItems - 1
    for  j = i+1 to numItems               
        if A[i] > A[j]
            // Swap the entries
            Temp = A[i]
            A[i] = A[j]
            A[j] = Temp          
        End If    
    Next j
Next i 

Answer 1

Well, let’s translate the pseudo-code to pseudo-English.

A - an array containing the list of numbers
numItems - the number of numbers in the list

for i = 0 to numItems - 1
    for  j = i+1 to numItems               
        if A[i] > A[j]
            // Swap the entries
            Temp = A[i]
            A[i] = A[j]
            A[j] = Temp          
        End If    
    Next j
Next i

which might read

Count through each item, from the beginning to the end, calling it X
  While considering item X, count through each item after it, from just
  after X to the end, calling it Y
    If X is bigger than Y, swap the two, temporarily storing X in Temp
      so it doesn't get lost when we copy Y into X.  Copy Y into X, and then
      Copy the temporarily stored old value of X (remember it is in Temp)
      back into Y.  Now the values of X and Y are swapped (so X is now smaller
      than Y)

Now it’s your job to write it in code.