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const quickSort = (arr, start, end) => {
if(start < end) {
// You can learn about how the pivot value is derived in the comments below
let pivot = partition(arr, start, end)
// Make sure to read the below comments to understand why pivot - 1 and pivot + 1 are used
// These are the recursive calls to quickSort
quickSort(arr, start, pivot - 1)
quickSort(arr, pivot + 1, end)
}
}
const partition = (arr, start, end) => {
let pivot = end
// Set i to start - 1 so that it can access the first index in the event that the value at arr[0] is greater than arr[pivot]
// Succeeding comments will expound upon the above comment
let i = start - 1
let j = start
// Increment j up to the index preceding the pivot
while (j < pivot) {
// If the value is greater than the pivot increment j
if (arr[j] > arr[pivot]) {
j++
}
// When the value at arr[j] is less than the pivot:
// increment i (arr[i] will be a value greater than arr[pivot]) and swap the value at arr[i] and arr[j]
else {
i++
swap(arr, j, i)
j++
}
}
//The value at arr[i + 1] will be greater than the value of arr[pivot]
swap(arr, i + 1, pivot)
//You return i + 1, as the values to the left of it are less than arr[i+1], and values to the right are greater than arr[i + 1]
// As such, when the recursive quicksorts are called, the new sub arrays will not include this the previously used pivot value
return i + 1
}
const swap = (arr, firstIndex, secondIndex) => {
let temp = arr[firstIndex]
arr[firstIndex] = arr[secondIndex]
arr[secondIndex] = temp
}
quickSort(arr, 0, arr.length - 1)