Posts Tagged ‘sort’

Bubble Sort

The Bubble Sort algorithm gets it’s name from the fact that on each pass, one element of the array ‘bubbles’ it’s way through to it’s correct (sorted) position in the array. Rather than me try and explain the details the following video gives a great visual demonstration of how the algorithm works. The source code…

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Selection Sort

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When you are learning Java you are very likely going to be asked to write a program to sort values. We will start with one of the simpler sort algorithms, the Selection Sort (also known as an Exchange Sort). It’s not a particularly efficient algorithm and really only suitable for small lists.

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