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Sorting is the process of applying some order to a collection of items.

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Engineering an even faster qsort

I understand that C++ STL template sort runs faster than qsort in C because ...
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Stable variation of built-in sort

Ruby's built-in sorts are unstable. The stable_sort gem monkey-patches Ruby's built-in library to have stable sorts which include nearly all the functionality of the built-in sorts, but with the ...
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Selection sort with reduced comparison count: Python iteration 2

Follow up to Selection sort with reduced comparison count - semi-final Iteration? My goal (and excuse not to tag reinventing…) is to have presentable code to argue the viability of reducing the number ...
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Bubble sort in parallel

I have done bubble sort algorithm on a vector that is filled with randomly generated values. Bubble sort is actually done with odd-even transition method: ...
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Sorting Algorithm (from scratch) in Python

Updated (at the bottom) I am attempting to write a Python program where I have to create a sorting algorithm without the assistance of the built-ins (like the sort()...
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Rust Iterative and Recursive Merge Sort Implementation

I'm in the process of learning both Rust and algorithms after primarily focusing on web development. As such I've had a go at implementing merge sort both iteratively and recursively. I've looked for ...
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Sorted LinkedList

A linked list is a data structure that has a beginning, and an end. The only way through the structure is to go to the "next step", like stepping stones. This linked list works the same way, but in ...
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Sorting function from a React app to display JSON data in a sortable table

I created this simple react application for a coding challenge, which is described in the linked README file. Basically, I created the components and helper logic to display dynamic JSON data in a ...
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Selection sort implementation in C++ iterator approach

I am trying to learn the C++ way of writing code. I was wondering if this code could be improved or if there are any major mistakes. Is it ok how I name the variables? ...
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Heap sort in Rust

The tests are taken from this answer on an insertion sort in rust question. The algorithm is taken from Algorithms in a Nutshell (2nd Edition). I'm not looking at crazy performance, the goal being ...
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Integer tree sort in Java

I have this algorithm for sorting integer arrays. Basically, it's a balanced tree sort which creates a tree node for each distinct integer, and in each tree node it maintains a counter counting how ...
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Quick Insert Merge Sort

I have written this code to sort a list of numbers, in increasing order. It is a combination of quick sort, insertion sort, and merge sort. I make the first element of the list a pivot, then I go ...
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DataManager Class: Sorts Array by 1 or More Dynamically Added Columns in Ascending or Descending Order

I've been struggling to write a QuickSort algorithm to sort multiple columns of an Array for weeks. Finally, I decided to write a class that Implements mscorlib.IComparer and it has exceeded my ...
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Comb Sort Multi-dimensional Array on Key

Previously: Comb Sort in VBA I've been running two different comb sorts (on arrays) depending on whether I want to sort numbers or strings and I figured I would give using ...
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Shakesort in Python 3

I've done the shakesort algorithm win \$O(N^2)\$ but it doesn't seem that \$O(N^2)\$ is correct because it takes 6-9 steps in the while loop for a list of 4 ...
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Sorting upcoming events listed in JSON

I've written my first program in GO, a command line tool that parses JSON containing events from a file or from STDIN and outputs the upcoming events in sorted order. Please critique it! ...
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Adaptive counting sort for integer arrays in Java - follow-up

I have refactored this. Once again, the running time can be anything between \$\Omega(n)\$ and \$\mathcal{O}(n^2)\$, yet it adapts to "smoothness" of the input array. ...
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Parallel Merge Sort in Scala

I have been trying to implement parallel merge sort in Scala. My current implementation is about as fast as .sorted, but I have no idea what would be the right ...
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Nuts and bolts algorithm

I am trying to learn Golang. This is a problem from Robert Sedgewick's Algorithms book: You have a mixed pile of N nuts and N bolts and need to quickly find the corresponding pairs of nuts ...
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Sort items so that parents are created before their children

I've been asked to create some code to help automate the loading of data into a system based on employee data in a spreadsheet. However, the data isn't clean, so some people may have no manager, some ...
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Covid-19 World Case Report Beta 0.1

I am a self-learned programmer and this is my first program. I would really appreciate any critique on my approach. The program should automatically download the who data file to the folder these ...
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PowerShell - Sort strings containing numbers numerically

I am a newbie in programming, but I do have potential, I am using PowerShell to hone my skills, I have written a simple function to sort strings consisted of numbers humanly (i.e. in a order like 1 2 ...
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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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Construction of external sorts from comparison ones

Here's an example how to construct an external sorting algorithm from the Quicksort. The method may be applicable to other known internal comparison sort algorithms. I have checked that it shows N*...
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Vanilla Javascript code to sort nested tables

I have written a code to sort a main table containing tables in each of its rows. Here I am trying to sort the table by first sorting the rows in each of the main rows and then sorting the table from ...
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Generate automatically new groups in a tournament

I'm trying to model a tournament with Python (Django) and I've got a function that assigns teams of the previous stage to the groups of the new one. The teams in the first stage are assigned manually....
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Sort ascending/descending functionally

I've been trying to get into functional programming with javascript and have tried to make some experiments with currying and function composition. What I've played with so far is a sorter function ...
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React widget to display, sort and search remote data

I've created a React widget that pulls data on crypto-token pairs from a remote API and makes that data sortable by headers and searchable. You can view a demo of it here. Is this a maintainable way ...
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Mergesort in Python optimization

I am currently writing mergesort in Python and have implemented it to work. I have noticed, though, that it is very slow compared to the standard sorted() method. I understand it will always be faster ...
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Bubble sort using user inputted numbers and size in MIPS assembly

I made this code to take user input, making a specific-sized array and printing user-inputted numbers after being sorted. It works well but I was wondering if there was a way to "shrink" it down. It ...
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Visualization of sorting algorithms

I recently started to learn Qt framework and decided to create an app to visualize the sorting algorithms(for this moment there are 5 sorting algorithms). I just want to know if I'm doing everything ...
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Comparing speed of common sorting algorithms in an extensible way

I have written a program with the goal of comparing the speed of some common sorting algorithms. It works with many data types. ...
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Insertion sort slower than bubble sort

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Follow-up 1: Compare 2 unordered, rooted trees for shape-isomorphism

The previous post can be found here. In the previous post I tried to solve an exercise but found through the answer of Peilonrayz a bug in the code and 2 more while fixing it. These have now been ...
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Sorting overlapping shells in dynamical simulation - for loops vs array methods

I didn't know whether it was best to start with the general task I'm trying to solve, or the meat of the programming problem. They're both below but the former is rather long and solving the latter ...
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Z sorting implementation for a 2D isometric game

This is a naive implementation of a Z-sorting in order to fake 3D depth using sprites in a 2D scene. I would appreciate feedback on this, especially for performance as this has to be called each frame ...
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Shell Sort code

I have a working shell sort code. I had already written a code for insertion sort, which I have used as underlying algorithm for doing shell sort on sub lists. So if you pass value of ...
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Guidance on grouping equal sets of numbers, so each group has a similar average

Goal: I am trying to build teams of 5 people. Each person has an integer elo (rank). My goal is to make all the teams as equal/fair as possible, by having the average elo of each team be as close as ...
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Can this heap sort be further optimized to have fewer comparisons?

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Making This “Fancy” Sort Algorithm a Little Better

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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 Bubble sort

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Sort an array of strings using bubble sort

I have this following code to sort an array of strings order by ASCII value (alphabetically) using bubble sort. ...
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Median of three partitioning taking more time than standard quicksort in java

I implemented a standard quicksort and I have a project where I need to improve it. I am trying to make quicksort faster by implementing median of 3 partitioning. I copied codes from trusted ...
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Sorts (merge, quick, bubble) in Python

I'm new to python, and I wrote the following code. Please review, critique and enhance. This project compares quicksort, mergesort and bubblesort write/test the partition routine for quicksort. (20 ...
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Sorting cards by suit and value using Shell Sort

The question description: put a deck of cards in order by suit (in the order spades, heart, clubs, diamonds) and by rank within each suit, with the restriction that the card must be laid out face down ...
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Merge two unsorted array of numbers into sorted array using divide and conquer

I have done an implementation of merging two unsorted array of numbers into single sorted array. I have used the concept of divide an conquer. The code is as follows ...
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Applies the Largest Remainder Method to a number property in a list of objects

I need to round BigDecimal numbers according to the Largest Remainder Method (LRM). Please reference this SO post with this answer. Here's my version of the algorithm in Java: ...
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Sorting BIGINT column with ascending positive values followed by descending nonpositive values

I have a column flowing in with the full range of integers. Whilst generating keys on the INT column, I need to push the 0's and negatives down (ordered DESC) and ...
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Last element pivot Quicksort exercise in TypeScript

Never being good in "algorithming", I'm now trying to improve the situation a bit. An algorithm below is the attempt to home brew yet another quicksort. This time, specifically with a "last-element" ...

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