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RE: name of a sorting algorithm

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Wilson, Mel wrote:
>Well, the classic bubble sort swaps adjacent elements until the extreme one 
>gets all the way to the end.  This sort continually swaps with the end 
>element during one pass until the end element holds the extreme.  Then it 
>shrinks the range and swaps then next less extreme into the new end element.  
>It does extra swaps because it combines the swap operation with recording 
>the temporary extreme while it searches the subrange.

My apologies, you are correct. It is a selection sort, just an 
inefficient one. 

Ramit


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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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