Bubble Sort

Merge Sort
Bubble Sort
 Sorting
• Sorting takes an unordered collection and
makes it an ordered one.
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 "Bubbling Up" the Largest Element

• Traverse a collection of elements

– Move from the front to the end
– “Bubble” the largest value to the end using
pair-wise comparisons and swapping

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 "Bubbling Up" the Largest Element

• Traverse a collection of elements

– Move from the front to the end
– “Bubble” the largest value to the end using
pair-wise comparisons and swapping

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• Traverse a collection of elements

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 "Bubbling Up" the Largest Element

• Traverse a collection of elements

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 "Bubbling Up" the Largest Element

• Traverse a collection of elements

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 "Bubbling Up" the Largest Element

• Traverse a collection of elements

– Move from the front to the end
– “Bubble” the largest value to the end using
pair-wise comparisons and swapping

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• Traverse a collection of elements

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 The “Bubble Up” Algorithm

index <- 1
last_compare_at <- n – 1

loop
exitif(index > last_compare_at)
if(A[index] > A[index + 1]) then
Swap(A[index], A[index + 1])
endif
index <- index + 1
endloop
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 Finished “Early”

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We didn’t do any swapping,
index 4 so all of the other elements
must be correctly placed.

We can “skip” the last two

passes of the outer loop.

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 Summary
• “Bubble Up” algorithm will move largest
value to its correct location (to the right)
• Repeat “Bubble Up” until all elements are
correctly placed:
– Maximum of N-1 times
– Can finish early if no swapping occurs
• We reduce the number of elements we
compare each time one is correctly placed
 LB

Truth in CS Act

• NOBODY EVER USES BUBBLE SORT

• NOBODY

• NOT EVER

• BECAUSE IT IS EXTREMELY INEFFICIENT

Mergesort
 Sorting
• Sorting takes an unordered collection and
makes it an ordered one.
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 Divide and Conquer

• Divide and Conquer cuts the problem in

half each time, but uses the result of both
halves:
– cut the problem in half until the problem
is trivial
– solve for both halves
– combine the solutions
 Mergesort
• A divide-and-conquer algorithm:
• Divide the unsorted array into 2 halves until the
sub-arrays only contain one element
• Merge the sub-problem solutions together:
– Compare the sub-array’s first elements
– Remove the smallest element and put it into
the result array
– Continue the process until all elements have
been put into the result array

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 Algorithm
Mergesort(Passed an array)
if array size > 1
Divide array in half
Call Mergesort on first half.
Call Mergesort on second half.
Merge two halves.

Merge(Passed two arrays)

Compare leading element in each array
Select lower and place in new array.
(If one input array is empty then place
remainder of other array in output array)
 LB

More TRUTH in CS

• We don’t really pass in two arrays!

• We pass in one array with indicator variables which

tell us where one set of data starts and finishes and
where the other set of data starts and finishes.

• Honest.

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 Summary

• Divide the unsorted collection into two

• Until the sub-arrays only contain one

element

• Then merge the sub-problem solutions

together