diff --git a/programs/cpp/Bitonic_sort.cpp b/programs/cpp/Bitonic_sort.cpp
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+#include<bits/stdc++.h>
+using namespace std;
+
+/*The parameter dir indicates the sorting direction, ASCENDING
+or DESCENDING; if (a[i] > a[j]) agrees with the direction,
+then a[i] and a[j] are interchanged.*/
+void compAndSwap(int a[], int i, int j, int dir)
+{
+	if (dir==(a[i]>a[j]))
+		swap(a[i],a[j]);
+}
+
+/*It recursively sorts a bitonic sequence in ascending order,
+if dir = 1, and in descending order otherwise (means dir=0).
+The sequence to be sorted starts at index position low,
+the parameter cnt is the number of elements to be sorted.*/
+void bitonicMerge(int a[], int low, int cnt, int dir)
+{
+	if (cnt>1)
+	{
+		int k = cnt/2;
+		for (int i=low; i<low+k; i++)
+			compAndSwap(a, i, i+k, dir);
+		bitonicMerge(a, low, k, dir);
+		bitonicMerge(a, low+k, k, dir);
+	}
+}
+
+/* This function first produces a bitonic sequence by recursively
+	sorting its two halves in opposite sorting orders, and then
+	calls bitonicMerge to make them in the same order */
+void bitonicSort(int a[],int low, int cnt, int dir)
+{
+	if (cnt>1)
+	{
+		int k = cnt/2;
+
+		// sort in ascending order since dir here is 1
+		bitonicSort(a, low, k, 1);
+
+		// sort in descending order since dir here is 0
+		bitonicSort(a, low+k, k, 0);
+
+		// Will merge whole sequence in ascending order
+		// since dir=1.
+		bitonicMerge(a,low, cnt, dir);
+	}
+}
+
+/* Caller of bitonicSort for sorting the entire array of
+length N in ASCENDING order */
+void sort(int a[], int N, int up)
+{
+	bitonicSort(a,0, N, up);
+}
+
+// Driver code
+int main()
+{
+	int a[]= {3, 7, 4, 8, 6, 2, 1, 5};
+	int N = sizeof(a)/sizeof(a[0]);
+
+	int up = 1; // means sort in ascending order
+	sort(a, N, up);
+
+	printf("Sorted array: \n");
+	for (int i=0; i<N; i++)
+		printf("%d ", a[i]);
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/programs/cpp/Cycle_sort.cpp b/programs/cpp/Cycle_sort.cpp
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+#include <iostream>
+using namespace std;
+
+void cyclicSort(int arr[], int n){
+int i = 0;
+while(i < n)
+{
+	// as array is of 1 based indexing so the
+	// correct position or index number of each
+	// element is element-1 i.e. 1 will be at 0th
+	// index similarly 2 correct index will 1 so
+	// on...
+	int correct = arr[i] - 1 ;
+	if(arr[i] != arr[correct]){
+
+	// if array element should be lesser than
+	// size and array element should not be at
+	// its correct position then only swap with
+	// its correct position or index value
+	swap(arr[i], arr[correct]) ;
+	}else{
+
+	// if element is at its correct position
+	// just increment i and check for remaining
+	// array elements
+	i++ ;
+	}
+}
+
+}
+
+void printArray(int arr[], int size)
+{
+int i;
+for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
+	cout << arr[i] << " ";
+cout << endl;
+}
+
+int main() {
+
+int arr[] = { 3, 2, 4, 5, 1};
+int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
+cout << "Before sorting array: \n";
+printArray(arr, n);
+cyclicSort(arr, n);
+cout << "Sorted array: \n";
+printArray(arr, n);
+return 0;
+
+}