Questions tagged [quicksort]

Created by C. A. R. Hoare, Quicksort stands as a highly efficient sorting algorithm with an average-case complexity of O(n log n) and the potential for worst-case quadratic complexity. Renowned for its speed, Quicksort is among the top contenders in the realm of general-purpose sorting algorithms.

Comparing Python's QuickSort Efficiency: List Comprehension versus Recursion (Partition Routine)

After watching the talk Three Beautiful Quicksorts, I decided to experiment with quicksort in Python. My initial implementation closely resembled C (selecting a pivot, partitioning around it, and recursing over smaller and larger partitions), which I felt ...

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What is causing my array of objects to constantly accumulate undefined elements?

My quick sort function implementation for the object users_total_likes is behaving unexpectedly. When compiled and run in the terminal or browser, it adds undefined values causing a TypeError: if(users[i][key] >= users[hi][key] && users[j][key] ...

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