selection sort in golang

Sorting/Selection Sort/golang/selectionSort.go

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+// Selection Sort in Golang
+package main
+
+import (
+    "fmt"
+    "math/rand"
+    "time"
+)
+
+func main() {
+
+    slice := generateSlice(20)
+    fmt.Println("\n--- Unsorted --- \n\n", slice)
+    selectionsort(slice)
+    fmt.Println("\n--- Sorted ---\n\n", slice, "\n")
+}
+
+// Generates a slice of size, size filled with random numbers
+func generateSlice(size int) []int {
+
+    slice := make([]int, size, size)
+    rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
+    for i := 0; i < size; i++ {
+        slice[i] = rand.Intn(999) - rand.Intn(999)
+    }
+    return slice
+}
+
+func selectionsort(items []int) {
+    var n = len(items)
+    for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+        var minIdx = i
+        for j := i; j < n; j++ {
+            if items[j] < items[minIdx] {
+                minIdx = j
+            }
+        }
+        items[i], items[minIdx] = items[minIdx], items[i]
+    }
+}