Questions tagged [sorting]
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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Object-Oriented Sorting Algorithms
I would like a review of a library I've recently published. I realize this is a rather large request, but having looked on meta, it seems this is perfectly on-topic. I'll include a few choice samples ...
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Sorting software version list using Python 2.7 (no modules)
I am participating in a challenge and one of the challenges was to write a script to sort a list of software versions (ex: 1.0, 1.3.2, 12, 1.3.0). Here is the my solution:
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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 algorithms and unittest in Python
I am quite new in Python and I am starting my journey with sorting algorithms, PEP8 and the Zen of Python. So far i wrote a post BubbleSort and I drew conclusions and followed the advices. I ...
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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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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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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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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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Naive implementation of sort inplace
I had the following assignment for the Python 101 course I'm taking in my university.
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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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Efficient counting sort for large byte arrays in Java
I have this counting sort for byte values running in linear time with respect to array length:
Arrays.java
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Median of 3 partitioning taking more time than quicksort in java
I have a quicksort code in java which I want to improve. The improved code should take less time than the quicksort code. However when using my improved code which implement median of 3 partitioning, ...
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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 ...
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Sorting an array of numbers in Java with an algorithm
This is pretty much one of my first programs that I have created in Java and I just wanted to ask if anyone sees some obvious errors or mistakes I made.
The purpose of this program is to sort numbers ...
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Bubble sort in Python
I am quite new in Python and I am starting my journey with sorting algorithms, PEP8 and the Zen of Python. I would like to get some feedback about my BubbleSort algorithm which I wrote.
Also, is there ...
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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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Quicksort implementation with pivotal calculated as middle element
I read quick sort algorhitm and implemented in like this:
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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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Searching and sorting ranges in excel with toggle buttons
I have a spreadsheet containing ±100 named ranges (5 rows, 15 colums) which are sorted based on time.
My plan was to make toggle buttons to hide or unhide named ranges when they contain a certain ...
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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" ...
