how to shorten the numbers in an matrix

[sudhanshu dev]

hi......
how to short d numbers in an matrix to print the no.s like this

1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16
and then hw to searh an element in it.
plz give me fast reply???????

[ashitpro]

Do you mean "sort" ?

If yes, Let us know what you have done so far, then tell us the problem, then we can solve

[sudhanshu dev]

yes i mean sort

plz now give me solution

[Nepomuk]

Hi!

We don't just hand out solutions here, but we can help you find one yourself.

There are many different sorting algorithms, the easiest probably being bubble sort and one of the faster ones is Merge sort. Pseudocode for both can be found on the wikipedia articles I linked to. Now, for that amount of items, the difference will only be marginal, so it doesn't really matter, which one you choose.

Putting them into a matrix afterwards shouldn't be too hard.

Greetings,
Nepomuk