Grokking Data Structures & Algorithms for Coding Interviews
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Introduction to Sorting Algorithms

Sorting is a fundamental operation in computer science, used to organize data in a specified order, be it ascending or descending. This process enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of other algorithms that require sorted data, such as binary search, and also helps in data organization making it easier to visualize and interpret.

Sorting algorithms vary widely in their mechanisms, each with different performance characteristics tailored to particular applications or data structures.

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Pedro Grillo Morales

Pedro Grillo Morales

· a year ago

The code for merge sort is horrendous, crippling k and m and simple letters that do not point at their meaning leaving the reader for a huge AJA moment looking outside the resources to understand the material... Fix it please.

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velhalen

· 2 years ago

Otherwise the final iteration is pointless since the inner loop won't run and arr[i] == arr[minval] by definition.

Aqudas Anjum

Aqudas Anjum

· a year ago

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jasonjackson42

· a year ago

In an ascending bubble sort, larger elements "bubble" up to the end of the list as they repeatedly get swapped with smaller elements. Not the other way around, meaning that not small elements "bubble" up to the beginning of the list, as described in the text in this chapter

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Alessandro

· a year ago

In QuickSort, there isn't mention of what low and high are, where are they defined?