diff --git a/Sorting/shell sort.cpp b/Sorting/shell sort.cpp
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+#include<iostream>
+using namespace std;
+void swap(int &a, int &b) {
+   int temp;
+   temp = a;
+   a = b;
+   b = temp;
+}
+void printArray(int *array, int size) {
+   for(int i = 0; i<size; i++)
+      cout << array[i] << " ";
+   cout << endl;
+}
+void shellSort(int *arr, int n) {
+   int gap, j, k;
+   for(gap = n/2; gap > 0; gap = gap / 2) {
+
+      for(j = gap; j<n; j++) {
+         for(k = j-gap; k>=0; k -= gap) {
+            if(arr[k+gap] >= arr[k])
+               break;
+            else
+               swap(arr[k+gap], arr[k]);
+         }
+      }
+   }
+}
+int main() {
+   int n;
+   cout << "Enter the number of elements: ";
+   cin >> n;
+   int arr[n];
+   cout << "Enter elements:" << endl;
+   for(int i = 0; i<n; i++) {
+      cin >> arr[i];
+   }
+   cout << "Array before Sorting: ";
+   printArray(arr, n);
+   shellSort(arr, n);
+   cout << "Array after Sorting: ";
+   printArray(arr, n);
+}