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+// Java implementation of ShellSort
+class ShellSort
+{
+    static void printArray(int arr[])
+	{
+		int n = arr.length;
+		for (int i=0; i<n; ++i)
+			System.out.print(arr[i] + " ");
+		System.out.println();
+	}
+	int sort(int arr[])
+	{
+		int n = arr.length;
+		for (int gap = n/2; gap > 0; gap /= 2)
+		{
+			for (int i = gap; i < n; i += 1)
+			{
+				int temp = arr[i];
+				int j;
+				for (j = i; j >= gap && arr[j - gap] > temp; j -= gap)
+					arr[j] = arr[j - gap];
+
+				arr[j] = temp;
+			}
+		}
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	public static void main(String args[])
+	{
+		int arr[] = {12, 34, 54, 2, 3};
+		System.out.println("Array before sorting");
+		printArray(arr);
+
+		ShellSort ob = new ShellSort();
+		ob.sort(arr);
+
+		System.out.println("Array after sorting");
+		printArray(arr);
+	}
+}