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Sorting

Bihar Board · Class 12 · Computer Science

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1. Core idea of sorting

  • Sorting means arranging a collection of elements in a particular order.
  • Numbers can be sorted in ascending or descending order.
  • Strings can be sorted alphabetically or by length.
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2. Bubble Sort

  • Bubble sort compares adjacent elements repeatedly and swaps them if they are unordered.
  • For a list with n elements, bubble sort makes n-1 passes.
  • After each pass, the largest element reaches its correct position at the end.
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3. Selection Sort

  • Selection sort divides the list into a sorted left part and an unsorted right part.
  • Initially, the left part is empty and the right part contains all elements.
  • In each pass, the smallest element in the unsorted part is found.
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4. Insertion Sort

  • Insertion sort divides the list into sorted and unsorted parts.
  • Each unsorted element is inserted into its correct position in the sorted part.
  • The sorted list is traversed backward to find the insertion position.

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Sorting means arranging elements inEvery iteration through each elementBubble sort repeatedly compares adjacent elementsSelection sort divides the list intoInsertion sort divides the list into

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