Questions tagged [sorting]
Sorting is the process of applying some order to a collection of items.
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Getting Stack overflow Exception while sorting an array with 15000+ elements [closed]
This is my quick sort algorithm implementation. I'm getting System.StackOverflowException with the message 'Exception of type 'System.StackOverflowException' was ...
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Scheduling Covid-19 testing in a hospital using a heuristic
I recently came across a problem scheduling Coronavirus testing at a hospital; the testing capacity needed to be allocated to:
high risk wards (combining many factors)
ones which hadn't been tested ...
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Python3 - merge sort, O(n) space efficiency
Any critique of my implementation of Merge sort would be much appreciated! I tested it using a driver function (shown below), and everything works. However, it still feels unwieldy, I am a beginner ...
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Football management game in C++
Recently, I have been working on a College Football Manager game, in which you coach a team from the ground up. I have successfully made it to where you can win games, lose games, and change your team ...
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Merge/Insertion sort program taking longer than an hour to finish - C++
My program uses merge and insertion sort to sort a set of numbers.
It works perfectly fine for small inputs, less than 2 seconds for 1,000 ints. But I need to sort 1,000,000 ints. When I try with 1 ...
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Interview Coding Test: Transaction Processing: Find Duplicates
I had given a coding test for a job which failed. It had two problems and one of them is shared in this question along with my solution and other I already posted at this link.
Problem: Find duplicate ...
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Mergesort in python
My mergesort implementation currently takes a very long time, for a list with 1 million elements it takes over 130 seconds to get the list sorted.
Could someone kindly have a look at my code and ...
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My insertion sort version
I'd like to know what you think of my insertion sort version. I tried to be pythonic and avoid while loops with "ugly" index-management:
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Sorts and data structures: a bucket sort
I am currently going through and implementing basic algorithms and data structures as I feel I didn't learn enough about this during my Data Structures and Algorithms unit. So far I've done the ...
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Sorting an array of integers in C++
This is a follow up to my previous post as it contained a lot of errors and wasn't accurate.
I am using the Bubble sort algorithm to sort an array of integers and I would like to know whether I could ...
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Sorting an array in C++ using Bubble sort
Here is my bubble sort algorithm that I would like to improve in any way possible
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Bubble Sort In C++
I'm learning modern C++ and also algorithms, and am doing some practice by coding up some simple algorithms. Also trying to use templates whenever possible as I'm quite unfamiliar with generic ...
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Move two element of an array to the front - Javascript
I want to move two element of my array to the beginning.
This solution works but I would like to know a better approach since using sort() twice is probably not the best.
Array Input:
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Selection Sort Java and Analysis
I have written a selection sort code in java. I know its very elementary algorithm, but since i am learning, so wanted your input about the quality of the code. Please have a look at the code:
package ...
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Insertion sort vs Selection Sort benchmarking
Over on Stack Overflow, I read an answer asserting that Insertion Sort was inferior to Selection Sort for array data (as opposed to linked list data) on account of the larger amount of data movement ...
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Sorting algorithm visualizer in C++ and SDL2 Improved
Original post: Sorting algorithm visualizer in C++ and SDL2
I followed the advice you gave me and improved my code. I also added two more sorting algorithms.
I'm mainly looking for code readability ...
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Sorting algorithm visualizer in C++ and SDL2
I finished a sorting algorithm visualizer (for now only uses bubble sort) and this is the code.
I'd like some suggestions to improve the memory usage or time elapsed.
Built with Cmake and Ninja on ...
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Filtering out, a list of games, based on their followers
so I am playing with Rawg.io 's API.
U can sort their game list by their release date, however there are just too many games. In their website, there's an option called "Popular only", which ...
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Determine the complexity of sorting a binary array
The challenge is to sort an integer array containing only ones and zeros with the lowest complexity possible.
As always, I am interested in any improvements suggested but in this question I am most ...
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ZigZag array implementation
I have implemented a zigzag array which will sort smaller greater smaller and goes on...
For example :
3 7 4 8 2 6 1 is a valid ordering.
The relationship between numbers is
3 < 7 > 4 < 8 >...
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Generic sort function
I'm building a functional React component that allows a list of products to be sorted by various properties. The properties could be top-level or nested properties. And I'd also like a sort order to ...
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Leet code Majority element
Problem :- Given an array of size n, find the majority element. The majority element is the element that appears more than ⌊ n/2 ⌋ times.
You may assume that the array is non-empty and the majority ...
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SelectionSort Algorithm using Python
I am a rookie and I need help optimizing this SelectionSort() algorithm which I have tried using Python.
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Bubble Sort in Forth (for strings)
I wrote the following Forth code for sorting a string with the Bubble Sort method.
It looks nice to my eyes, but I'd like your experienced opinion and any comments about the code you might have.
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Sorting Algorithm Visualiser in Javascript
I'm new to Javascript and Web Dev in general, so they'll likely be some conventions that I'm not aware of.
I'm at an odds of whether to use Javascript's functional features more. In my opinion it's ...
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Python's quicksort algorithm
I was playing around with sorting methods, brushing up on my algorithms. I have made the following implementation of quicksort:
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How to sort and search in JavaScript large set
The array "scores" tells the total points for each person involved in a contest. So for example:
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Code for sorting items in recyclerView
I'm have recyclerView which is needed for displayed for show list of my audio records. I added the ability to sort my audio records. Please take a look at the code that I use for sorting and tell me ...
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Selection sort algorithm in x86_64 Yasm assembler
I returned to study assembly language. And this is actually my first function written in Yasm. Implementing this function is a suggested project from this book. I slightly modified the pseudo code ...
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Sort, & find out duplicates and missing elements in an array
this code is for return duplicates after sorted them, and also to
return the missed value between the limits of the given array, it's
executed correctly, but i need to optimize it so it excecute ...
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Unscramble words faster in Python
So I'm currently using python to unscramble words that are retrieved from an OCR program, and checked in the 'dictionary'.
The current code I am using to unscramble words is this:
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Unscramble words faster in Python
So I'm currently using python to unscramble words that are retrieved from an OCR program (pytesseract).
The current code I am using to unscramble words is this:
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Is this a topological sort? [closed]
I am trying to implement topological sort. The idea is that I have a vector of pairs in which the first element is indegree and the second is a linked list. I tried a bunch of tests, they seem to work,...
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CLRS implementation (opportunity to sort subarray) of merge sort in golang
I'm reading "Introduction to Algorithms" by CLRS and I can't find an implementation of the pseudo code from the book in golang. By the original implementation I mean that we deal with extra parameters ...
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Comparing binary insertion sort with straight insertion sort in Java
Straight insertion sort
When inserting an element into its proper location to the left, one can achieve that by \$n\$ adjacent swaps which totals to \$3n\$ assignments. Straight insertion sort, ...
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Bubble sort visualization: JavaScript
I'm very new to the JavaScript, and hence I would like to get a feel on the language by writing some of the basic programs. One of those is the following visualization of the Bubble Sort:
Code:
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Bubble Sort Implementation | C-ish and Modern C++
For practice purpose, I wrote bubble sort in C++ two styles: C-ish and modern C++ compliant. I would like to have your comments on any point on these implementations.
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Merge Sort Implementation Efficiency In Python
I wasn't able to find a standardized source for a working example of Merge Sort.
Each learning site had a slightly different take on the algorithm implementation, disregarding the bottom-top ...
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Radix sort is deceiving
I wanted to compare radix_sort to quick_sort for values limited to 0..127 so I implemented this :
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Insertion Sort Implementation Efficiency
Is my approach to insertion Sort in Python efficient?
What can be improved efficiency wise?
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Merge Sort in C
I implemented mergesort in C as an exercise. I have two main questions:
Is the code future-proof?
2.1 Will I have problems modifying it to sort float and double?
2.2 What could be problematic for ...
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Reading 100,000 of data with loop and usort is too slow [closed]
The below code is meet to solve the question posted here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61302983/in-a-meetup-schedule-algorithm-to-get-unique-and-available-date, but I can't post it as a solution ...
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C++ Sorting Filenames In A Directory
I wanted to have some advice about the code I have.
I managed to get what I wanted done, but I do not think it is the "proper" way of doing it in the programmers' world.
Could you help me improve ...
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Heap selection sort in Javascript
I have (designed and) implemented this fancy sorting algorithm that combines natural runs in the input array with a heap data structure:
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C# Quicksort Assignment
For my CS minor I was assigned to implement the Quicksort algorithm in C#. I gave it a go and found that I like the implementation of the algorithm more than Mergesort. Now that I've got my Quicksort ...
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My C++ sorting algorithm for vector
As I'm learning c++, I decided to implement my own sorting algorithm. As I'm a beginner I didn't use any template to be able to use them for different types of variable and they can only sort item in ...
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Python implementation of Kahn's Algorithm
Please provide any suggestions on the below code for Kahn's algorithm. Can it be implemented in a better manner, or be improved:
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Tarjan's Algorithm Python Implementation
I'm planning to use Tarjan's algorithm for a program in which I would be processing a file, converting the processed data to a dictionary, doing a topological sort on that dictionary (using this ...
