Comparison Sort - Examples

Examples

Some of the most well-known comparison sorts include:

  • Quick sort
  • Heap sort
  • Merge sort
  • Intro sort
  • Insertion sort
  • Selection sort
  • Bubble sort
  • Odd-even sort
  • Cocktail sort
  • Cycle sort
  • Merge insertion (Ford-Johnson) sort
  • Smoothsort
  • Timsort

There are many integer sorting algorithms that are not comparison sorts; they include:

  • Radix sort (examines individual bits of keys)
  • Counting sort (indexes using key values)
  • Bucket sort (examines bits of keys)

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