void selSort(_______ list[], int items)  // fill in with the type of elements
{
  for(int spot = items -1; spot > 0; spot --)
      {
         int idxMax = spot;
         for(int idx = 0; idx < spot; idx ++)
            if(list[idx] > list[idxMax])
              idxMax = idx;

        if(idxMax! = spot)
            swap(list[idxMax], list[spot]);
       }
}