int *sortedSquares(int *A, int ASize, int *returnSize)
{
int i, start = 0, end = ASize - 1;
int *res = malloc(ASize * sizeof(int));
*returnSize = ASize;
for (i = ASize - 1; i >= 0; i--)
{
if (abs(A[start]) > A[end])
{
res[i] = A[start] * A[start];
start++;
}
else
{
res[i] = A[end] * A[end];
end--;
}
}
return res;
}
int cmpval(const void *a, const void *b) { return *(int *)a - *(int *)b; }
int *sortedSquares(int *A, int ASize, int *returnSize)
{
int *res = malloc(ASize * sizeof(int));
for (int i = 0; i < ASize; i++) res[i] = A[i] * A[i];
*returnSize = ASize;
qsort(res, ASize, sizeof(int), cmpval);
return res;
}