Quick Sort
Written on November 18, 2015
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Quick sort an integer array
public class Solution {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int[] nums = {2,12,3,46,1,2,4,5};
quickSort(nums);
for (int i : nums) {
System.out.println(i);
}
}
public static void quickSort(int[] nums) {
if (nums == null || nums.length == 0) return;
helper(nums, 0, nums.length - 1);
}
public static void helper(int[] nums, int start, int end) {
if (start >= end) return;
int index = partition(nums, start, end);
helper(nums, start, index - 1);
helper(nums, index + 1, end);
}
public static int partition(int[] nums, int start, int end) {
int pivot = nums[start], index = start;
for (int i = start + 1; i <= end; i++) {
if (nums[i] <= pivot) {
swap(nums, i, ++index);
}
}
swap(nums, start, index);
return index;
}
public static void swap(int[] nums, int a, int b) {
int temp = nums[a];
nums[a] = nums[b];
nums[b] = temp;
}
}