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name of a sorting algorithm

From	Jabba Laci <jabba.laci@gmail.com>
Date	2012-02-14 16:01 +0100
Subject	name of a sorting algorithm
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
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Hi,

Could someone please tell me what the following sorting algorithm is called?

Let an array contain the elements a_1, a_2, ..., a_N. Then:

for i = 1 to N-1:
    for j = i+1 to N:
        if a_j < a_i then swap(a_j, a_i)

It's so simple that it's not mentioned anywhere. I guess it's called
"selection sort" but I'm not sure. The minimum selection sort is an
improvement of this one.

Thanks,

Laszlo

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name of a sorting algorithm Jabba Laci <jabba.laci@gmail.com> - 2012-02-14 16:01 +0100
  Re: name of a sorting algorithm Mel Wilson <mwilson@the-wire.com> - 2012-02-14 10:25 -0500
    RE: name of a sorting algorithm "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-02-14 15:50 +0000
      RE: name of a sorting algorithm Mel Wilson <mwilson@the-wire.com> - 2012-02-14 11:44 -0500
        RE: name of a sorting algorithm "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-02-14 20:21 +0000
        RE: name of a sorting algorithm "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-02-14 20:13 +0000
  Re: name of a sorting algorithm Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2012-02-14 16:33 +0100

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