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Bubble Sort 1

The document explains the Bubble Sort algorithm, which organizes an unordered collection of elements into an ordered one by repeatedly 'bubbling' the largest element to the end through pair-wise comparisons and swaps. This process is repeated N-1 times, where N is the number of elements, to ensure all elements are correctly placed. The document also discusses reducing the number of comparisons during the sorting process.

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Bubble Sort 1

The document explains the Bubble Sort algorithm, which organizes an unordered collection of elements into an ordered one by repeatedly 'bubbling' the largest element to the end through pair-wise comparisons and swaps. This process is repeated N-1 times, where N is the number of elements, to ensure all elements are correctly placed. The document also discusses reducing the number of comparisons during the sorting process.

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Dhrumil Sunkaraneni 8H
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Bubble Sort

Sorting
• Sorting takes an unordered collection and
makes it an ordered one.
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"Bubbling Up" the Largest Element

• Traverse a collection of elements


– Move from the front to the end
– “Bubble” the largest value to the end using
pair-wise comparisons and swapping

1 2 3 4 5 6

77 42 35 12 101 5
"Bubbling Up" the Largest Element

• Traverse a collection of elements


– Move from the front to the end
– “Bubble” the largest value to the end using
pair-wise comparisons and swapping

1 2 3 4 5 6
42Swap77 12 101
77 42 35 5
"Bubbling Up" the Largest Element

• Traverse a collection of elements


– Move from the front to the end
– “Bubble” the largest value to the end using
pair-wise comparisons and swapping

1 2 3 4 5 6

42 35Swap35
77 77 12 101 5
"Bubbling Up" the Largest Element

• Traverse a collection of elements


– Move from the front to the end
– “Bubble” the largest value to the end using
pair-wise comparisons and swapping

1 2 3 4 5 6

42 35 12Swap12
77 77 101 5
"Bubbling Up" the Largest Element

• Traverse a collection of elements


– Move from the front to the end
– “Bubble” the largest value to the end using
pair-wise comparisons and swapping

1 2 3 4 5 6

42 35 12 77 101 5

No need to swap
"Bubbling Up" the Largest Element

• Traverse a collection of elements


– Move from the front to the end
– “Bubble” the largest value to the end using
pair-wise comparisons and swapping

1 2 3 4 5 6

42 35 12 77 5 Swap101
101 5
"Bubbling Up" the Largest Element

• Traverse a collection of elements


– Move from the front to the end
– “Bubble” the largest value to the end using
pair-wise comparisons and swapping

1 2 3 4 5 6

42 35 12 77 5 101

Largest value correctly placed


Items of Interest
• Notice that only the largest value is
correctly placed
• All other values are still out of order
• So we need to repeat this process

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42 35 12 77 5 101

Largest value correctly placed


Repeat “Bubble Up” How Many Times?
• If we have N elements…

• And if each time we bubble an element,


we place it in its correct location…

• Then we repeat the “bubble up”


process N – 1 times.

• This guarantees we’ll correctly


place all N elements.
“Bubbling” All the Elements
1 2 3 4 5 6
42 35 12 77 5 101
1 2 3 4 5 6
35 12 42 5 77 101
1 2 3 4 5 6
N-1

12 35 5 42 77 101
1 2 3 4 5 6
12 5 35 42 77 101
1 2 3 4 5 6
5 12 35 42 77 101
Reducing the Number of Comparisons
1 2 3 4 5 6
77 42 35 12 101 5
1 2 3 4 5 6
42 35 12 77 5 101
1 2 3 4 5 6
35 12 42 5 77 101
1 2 3 4 5 6
12 35 5 42 77 101
1 2 3 4 5 6
12 5 35 42 77 101

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