Animated Sorting Algorithms

Sorting-Algorithms gives us an animation to illustrate how sorting algorithms work. An algorithm defines the steps to be taken to resolve a problem. Sorting algorithms, as its name suggests, aims to sort a number of elements. There are other pages that shows animations like this, but this one is the best I've seen.

Algorithms that includes the site are: Insertion, Selection, Bubble, Shell, Merge, Heap, Quick and Quick3.


We can vary the initial ordering of the elements, the can be: Random, nearly sorted, reversed or with few unique.

The webpage tries to show this:

• How each algorithm operates
  
• That there is no best sorting algorithm.
  
• The advantages and disadvantages of each algorithm.
  
• That worse-case asymptotic behavior is not the deciding factor in choosing an algorithm.
  
• That the initial condition (input order and key distribution) affects performance as much as the algorithm choice.
  

Link: Sorting-Algorithms.

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