Skip to content

Introduction to Sorting

What is Sorting?

Sorting refers to rearrangement of a given array or list of elements according to a comparison operator on the elements. The comparison operator is used to decide the new order of elements in the respective data structure.

  • Sorting means reordering of all the elements either in ascending or in descending order.

loading...

Applications of Sorting

  • Searching Algorithms: Sorting is often a crucial step in search algorithms like binary search, Ternary Search, where the data needs to be sorted before searching for a specific element.

  • Data management: Sorting data makes it easier to search, retrieve, and analyze.

  • Database optimization: Sorting data in databases improves query performance.

  • Machine learning: Sorting is used to prepare data for training machine learning models.

  • Operating Systems: Sorting algorithms are used in operating systems for tasks like task scheduling, memory management, and file system organization.

Sorting Algorithms

  • Selection Sort
  • Bubble Sort
  • Insertion Sort
  • Merge Sort
  • Quick Sort