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/* This is released to the Public Domain */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <string.h>

int sortMe[] = {9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0,22,2,39,88,56,4,42,2,5};
#define NUM_THREADS sizeof(sortMe)/sizeof(sortMe[0])
int result[NUM_THREADS];

pthread_mutex_t lock;
int counter;

void *sleepMe(int *p)
	{
	/* a sleep amount of 190✕ makes it faster */
	usleep((*p)*190);

	pthread_mutex_lock(&lock);
	result[counter++] = *p;
	pthread_mutex_unlock(&lock);
	}

int main()
{
	pthread_t threads[NUM_THREADS];
	int c, thread;
	reshuffle: c = NUM_THREADS; //number of threads to create
	counter = 0;
	thread = 0;

	/* create a thread for each number in the array */
	while (c--){pthread_create(&threads[thread++], NULL, (void *)sleepMe, &sortMe[c]);}

	/* join all the threads, when all are joined, writing to the result array is done */
	for (int i = 0; i < thread; ++i){pthread_join(threads[i], NULL);}

	/* check if the array is sorted and re-sort if not */
	for (int i = 1; i < NUM_THREADS-1; ++i)
		{
		if (result[i-1] > result[i]){memcpy(sortMe, result, sizeof(sortMe)); goto reshuffle;}
		}

	/* print the sorted array */
	for (int i = 0; i < NUM_THREADS-1; ++i)
		{
		printf("%d,", result[i]);
		}
   	printf("%d\n",result[NUM_THREADS-1]);

	return 0;
}