How to sort a list that consists of only 0s and 1s in C#

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

class Program
{
    // Function to sort a list containing only 0s and 1s
    static void SortBinaryList(List<int> arr) {
        int left = 0;                  // Index to track the left side
        int right = arr.Count - 1;     // Index to track the right side

        while (left < right) {
            // If the left Index is at 0, move it forward
            if (arr[left] == 0) {
                Console.WriteLine("left: " + left);
                left++;
            }
            // If the right Index is at 1, move it backward
            else if (arr[right] == 1) {
                Console.WriteLine("right: " + right);
                right--;
            }
            // If left is 1 and right is 0, swap them
            else {
                int temp = arr[left];
                arr[left] = arr[right];
                arr[right] = temp;
                Console.WriteLine("swap() left: " + left + " right: " + right);
                left++;
                right--;
            }
        }
    }

    static void Main()
    {
        // Input: Binary list
        List<int> arr = new List<int> { 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0 };

        // Sort the binary list
        SortBinaryList(arr);

        // Output the sorted list
        Console.Write("Sorted list: ");
        foreach (int num in arr) {
            Console.Write(num + " ");
        }
    }
}



/*
run:

swap() left: 0 right: 8
left: 1
right: 7
swap() left: 2 right: 6
left: 3
swap() left: 4 right: 5
Sorted list: 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 

*/

 



answered Sep 2, 2025 by avibootz
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