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A Quick Sort implementation in Swift
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//: Playground - noun: a place where people can play | |
import UIKit | |
extension Array where Element: Comparable { | |
mutating func quickSort() -> Array<Element> { | |
// Recursive function that works out where our next pivots will be. | |
func qSort(start startIndex: Int, _ pivot: Int) { | |
if (startIndex < pivot) { | |
// Sort value at pivot into place. | |
let iPivot = qPartition(start: startIndex, pivot) | |
qSort(start: startIndex, iPivot - 1) | |
qSort(start:iPivot + 1, pivot) | |
} | |
} | |
// Start Quick Sort at beginnig of list and set pivot to the end. | |
qSort(start: 0, self.endIndex - 1) | |
return self | |
} | |
// Sort the selected pivot value into the correct index/position | |
// Manages the Wall, Current and Pivot index comparisons. | |
mutating func qPartition(start startIndex: Int, _ pivot: Int) -> Int { | |
var wallIndex: Int = startIndex | |
// Compare range with pivot, bubble values WRT to the pivot value | |
// to below or above that value. | |
for currentIndex in wallIndex..<pivot { | |
if self[currentIndex] <= self[pivot] { | |
if wallIndex != currentIndex { | |
self.swapAt(currentIndex, wallIndex) | |
} | |
// Move the wall forward. | |
wallIndex += 1 | |
} | |
} | |
// Finally swap the value at the pivot with the value at the wall | |
if wallIndex != pivot { | |
self.swapAt(wallIndex, pivot) | |
} | |
return wallIndex | |
} | |
} | |
var numbers = [7,2,1,6,8,5,3,4] | |
let results = numbers.quickSort() |
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