Practice Effects Of Pre-sorted Input (17.2.6) - Insertion Sort - Data Structures and Algorithms in Python
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Effects of Pre-Sorted Input

Practice - Effects of Pre-Sorted Input

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is insertion sort?

💡 Hint: Think about how you might organize your papers.

Question 2 Easy

How does insertion sort compare elements?

💡 Hint: What do you do with a new paper compared to others?

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Question 1

What type of algorithm is insertion sort?

O(n log n)
O(n^2)
O(n)

💡 Hint: Remember how the algorithm compares each element.

Question 2

Is insertion sort efficient for large datasets?

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider the time complexity of O(n^2) for large n.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Given the following list of numbers [12, 11, 13, 5, 6], run insertion sort step by step and illustrate the list after each pass.

💡 Hint: Start from the second element and compare it with all previous elements.

Challenge 2 Hard

Create a Python function that implements insertion sort and compare its performance with another sorting algorithm on random datasets.

💡 Hint: You can use Python's time module to calculate the execution time.

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