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Simple quicksort implementation in python
# A = Array
# s = start index
# e = end index
# p = pivot index
# g = greater than pivot boundary index
def swap(A,i1,i2):
A[i1], A[i2] = A[i2], A[i1]
def partition(A,g,p):
# O(n) - just one for loop that visits each element once
for j in range(g,p):
if A[j] <= A[p]:
swap(A,j,g)
g += 1
swap(A,p,g)
return g
def _quicksort(A,s,e):
# Base case - we are sorting an array of size 1
if s >= e:
return
# Partition current array
p = partition(A,s,e)
_quicksort(A,s,p-1) # Left side of pivot
_quicksort(A,p+1,e) # Right side of pivot
# Wrapper function for the recursive one
def quicksort(A):
_quicksort(A,0,len(A)-1)
A = [3,1,4,1,5,9,2,6,5,3,5,8,9,7,9,3,2,3,-1]
print(A)
quicksort(A)
print(A)
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