/* Bubble Sort is an algorithm to sort an array. It * compares adjacent element and swaps their position * The big O on bubble sort in worst and best case is O(N^2). * Not efficient. * Somehow if the array is sorted or nearly sorted then we can optimize bubble sort by adding a flag. * * In bubble sort, we keep iterating while something was swapped in * the previous inner-loop iteration. By swapped I mean, in the * inner loop iteration, we check each number if the number proceeding * it is greater than itself, if so we swap them. * * Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_sort * Animated Visual: https://www.toptal.com/developers/sorting-algorithms/bubble-sort */ /** * Using 2 for loops. */ export function bubbleSort(items) { const length = items.length let noSwaps for (let i = length; i > 0; i--) { // flag for optimization noSwaps = true // Number of passes for (let j = 0; j < i - 1; j++) { // Compare the adjacent positions if (items[j] > items[j + 1]) { // Swap the numbers ;[items[j], items[j + 1]] = [items[j + 1], items[j]] noSwaps = false } } if (noSwaps) { break } } return items } /** * Using a while loop and a for loop. */ export function alternativeBubbleSort(arr) { let swapped = true while (swapped) { swapped = false for (let i = 0; i < arr.length - 1; i++) { if (arr[i] > arr[i + 1]) { ;[arr[i], arr[i + 1]] = [arr[i + 1], arr[i]] swapped = true } } } return arr }