From a56fccfa6f61e4afeffdcf201bbffd0b0d32bd19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ujjwal <75884061+UG-SEP@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 17:52:15 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] chore: added insertion sort in C (#235)

---
 algorithms/C/README.md                |  1 +
 algorithms/C/sorting/insertion-sort.c | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 65 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 algorithms/C/sorting/insertion-sort.c

diff --git a/algorithms/C/README.md b/algorithms/C/README.md
index 5ca9b8f3..4e43a459 100644
--- a/algorithms/C/README.md
+++ b/algorithms/C/README.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 ## Sorting
 - [Merge Sort](sorting/merge-sort.c)
+- [Insertion Sort](sorting/insertion-sort.c)
 
 ## Strings
 - [Count Words](strings/count-words.c)
diff --git a/algorithms/C/sorting/insertion-sort.c b/algorithms/C/sorting/insertion-sort.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c481295f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/algorithms/C/sorting/insertion-sort.c
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+Program to Print the array in sorted order using Insertion Sort
+Insertion Sort: It is a algorithm to sort array like you play cards.
+*/
+
+#include<stdio.h>
+#include<stdlib.h>
+
+//Function to sort array using insertion sort
+void insertion_sort(int a[],int size)
+{
+     int round,i,shift=0;
+     // assign 1 to round until the round is less than size run the loop and increment round by 1
+     for(round=1;round<=size-1;round++)
+     {
+         // take a[round] value in shift
+         shift=a[round];
+         // now assign round to i and until i is greater than 0 run the loop
+         for(i=round;i>=1;i--)
+         {
+             // check whether the a[i-1] is less than the shift variable value if yes then break
+             if(a[i-1]<shift)
+             break;
+             // assign a[i-1] data in a[i]
+             else
+             {
+                a[i]=a[i-1];
+             }
+         }
+         // assign shift to a[i]
+         a[i]=shift;
+     }
+          // Print the sorted array
+          printf("After Insertion sorting: ");
+          for(i=0;i<size;i++)
+          printf("%d ",a[i]);
+          printf("\n");
+}
+//driver code
+int main()
+{
+    int size,*arr,i;
+    printf("Enter the size: ");
+    //taking size of array from user
+    scanf("%d",&size);
+    // allocating dynamically memory and putting the base address in arr
+    arr=(int*)malloc(sizeof(int)*size);
+    printf("Enter %d numbers: ",size);
+    // until i is less than size run the loop
+    for(i=0;i<size;i++)
+    // taking arr[i]th index value
+    scanf("%d",&arr[i]);
+    //calling insertion sort to sort the array
+    insertion_sort(arr,size);
+    return 0;
+ 
+}
+/*
+Input: Enter Size: 5
+       Enter 5 numbers: 50 40 30 20 10
+Output: After Insertion sorting: 10 20 30 40 50
+
+Time complexity: O(N^2)
+*/