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// Find a "pivot" element in the array to compare all other | |
// elements against and then shift elements before or after | |
// pivot depending on their values | |
const qucikSort = (arr, left = 0, right = arr.length - 1) => { | |
if (arr.length > 1) { | |
const index = partition(arr, left, right) | |
if (left < index - 1) { | |
qucikSort(arr, left, index - 1) | |
} | |
if (index < right) { | |
qucikSort(arr, index, right) | |
} | |
} | |
return arr | |
} | |
const partition = (arr, l, r) => { | |
let pivot = arr[Math.floor((r + l) / 2)], | |
left = l, // Start pointer at the first item in the array | |
right = r // Start pointer at the last item in the array | |
while (left <= right) { | |
// Move left pointer to the right until the value at the | |
// left is greater than the pivot value | |
while (arr[left] < pivot) { | |
left++ | |
} | |
// Move right pointer to the left until the value at the | |
// right is less than the pivot value | |
while (arr[right] > pivot) { | |
right-- | |
} | |
// If the left pointer is less than or equal to the | |
// right pointer, then swap values | |
if (left <= right) { | |
[arr[left], arr[right]] = [arr[right], arr[left]] // ES6 destructuring swap | |
left++ | |
right-- | |
} | |
} | |
return left | |
} | |
// console.log(qucikSort([32,3,0,-1,2,3,54,7,32,3,0,-1,2,3,54,7,888,2,-22,-999])) |
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