Find Kth Smallest and Kth Largest Element

Code

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

void sort_array(uint8_t *arr, uint8_t n) {
// Sort in ascending order
if(n==0) return;
int count=0;
for(int i=0;i<n-1;i++){
    if(arr[i]>arr[i+1]){
        int temp=arr[i];
        arr[i]=arr[i+1];
        arr[i+1]=temp;
        count++;
    }
   
}
if(count==0) return;
sort_array(arr,n-1);

}

void find_kth_elements(uint8_t *arr, uint8_t n, uint8_t k, uint8_t *smallest, uint8_t *largest) {
    // Your logic here
    
    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