Find Kth Smallest and Kth Largest Element

Code

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>

void sort_array(uint8_t *arr, uint8_t n) {
uint8_t t=0;
int swapped;
int limit=n-1;

do{
    swapped=0;
    for(int i = 0; i<limit; i++){
        if(arr[i]>arr[i+1]){
            t=arr[i];
            arr[i]=arr[i+1];
            arr[i+1]=t;
        
            swapped = 1;
        }
    }
    limit--;
} while (swapped);
}

void find_kth_elements(uint8_t *arr, uint8_t n, uint8_t k, uint8_t *smallest, uint8_t *largest) {
sort_array(arr,n);
*smallest=arr[k-1];
*largest=arr[n-k];
}

int main() {
    uint8_t n, k;
    scanf("%hhu", &n);
    uint8_t arr[100];
    
    for (uint8_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        scanf("%hhu", &arr[i]);
    }

    scanf("%hhu", &k);

    uint8_t smallest, largest;
    find_kth_elements(arr, n, k, &smallest, &largest);

    printf("%hhu %hhu", smallest, largest);
    return 0;
}

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Input

5 10 3 5 2 7 2

Expected Output

3 7