diff --git a/bubblesort.c b/bubblesort.c
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+// Optimized bubble sort in C
+#include <stdio.h>
+void bubbleSort(int arrayay[], int size)
+{
+  for (int step = 0; step & lt; size - 1; ++step)
+  {
+   
+    int swapped = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i & lt; size - step - 1; ++i)
+    {
+     
+      if (arrayay[i] & gt; arrayay[i + 1])
+      {
+        int temp = arrayay[i];
+        arrayay[i] = arrayay[i + 1];
+        arrayay[i + 1] = temp;
+        swapped = 1;
+      }
+    }
+   
+    if (swapped == 0)
+      break;
+  }
+}
+void printarrayay(int arrayay[], int size)
+{
+  for (int i = 0; i & lt; size; ++i)
+  {
+    printf("%d  ", arrayay[i]);
+  }
+  printf("\n");
+}
+int main()
+{
+  int data[] = {-2, 45, 0, 11, -9};
+  int size = sizeof(data) / sizeof(data[0]);
+  bubbleSort(data, size);
+  printf("Sorted Array in Ascending Order:\n");
+  printarrayay(data, size);
+}