diff --git a/algorithms/selectionSort.cpp b/algorithms/selectionSort.cpp
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+#include<iostream>
+using namespace std;
+
+void selection_sort(int a[], int n){
+
+for(int i = 0; i< n; i++){
+  
+    int min_position = i;
+    for(int j = i; j<n; j++){
+        if(a[j]<a[min_position]){
+            min_position = j;
+        }
+    }
+    swap(a[min_position], a[i]);
+}
+}
+
+int main(){
+
+
+
+
+  int arr[] = {-2,3,4,-1,5,-12,6,1};
+
+    int n = sizeof(arr)/sizeof(int);
+  
+     cout<<"Sorted array: "<<endl;
+
+    selection_sort(arr,n);
+
+       for(int i = 0; i<n;i++){
+    cout<<arr[i]<<",";
+}
+    return 0;
+}