Bubble sort is a simple, yet inefficient sorting algorithm that works by repeatedly iterating through a list, comparing adjacent elements, and swapping them if they are in the wrong order.
There are two main strategies for implementing bubble sort:
This is the most basic implementation of bubble sort. It works by iterating through the list once, comparing each pair of adjacent elements, and swapping them if they are in the wrong order.
See an example of naive bubble sort in actionThis is an improved implementation of bubble sort that only iterates through the list once, but with some optimizations to reduce the number of comparisons.
For example, if a pass through the list doesn't find any swaps, we can terminate early.
See an example of optimized bubble sort in action Learn about other sorting algorithms, like Quicksort and Heapsort