Practice - Average Case Complexity of Quicksort
Practice Questions
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What is the average case time complexity of quicksort?
💡 Hint: Think about how quicksort performs under normal circumstances.
What do you call the element used to partition the array?
💡 Hint: It's a reference point for sorting.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the complexity of quicksort in the average case?
💡 Hint: Consider how many times quicksort will typically divide the input.
True or False: Quicksort is a stable sorting algorithm.
💡 Hint: Recall what stability means in the context of sorting.
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Challenge Problems
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Consider a list of numbers which is already sorted in ascending order. How does the performance of quicksort change? Explain why.
💡 Hint: Think about how the first element as pivot affects partitioning.
Implement a stable version of quicksort in Python. Provide the code and explain how it ensures stability.
💡 Hint: Consider how you can modify the traditional partitioning approach.
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