# Sorting

```javascript
var swap = function(array, firstIndex, secondIndex) {
    var temp = array[firstIndex];
    array[firstIndex] = array[secondIndex];
    array[secondIndex] = temp;
};

var indexOfMinimum = function(array, startIndex) {
    // Set initial values for minValue and minIndex,
    // based on the leftmost entry in the subarray:  
    var minValue = array[startIndex];
    var minIndex = startIndex;

    // Loop over items starting with startIndex, 
    // updating minValue and minIndex as needed:
    for(var i = minIndex + 1; i < array.length; i++) {
        if(array[i] < minValue) {
            minIndex = i;
            minValue = array[i];
        }
    } 
    return minIndex;
}; 

var selectionSort = function(array) {
    var temp;
    for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
        temp = indexOfMinimum(array, i);
        swap(array, i, temp);
    }
};

var array = [22, 11, 99, 88, 9, 7, 42];
selectionSort(array);
println("Array after sorting:  " + array);

Program.assertEqual(array, [7, 9, 11, 22, 42, 88, 99]);
```


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