PowerShell/docs/measure-QuickSort.md
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The *measure-QuickSort.ps1* Script
===========================
This PowerShell script measures the speed of the QuickSort algorithm.
QuickSort is an in-place sorting algorithm. Developed by British computer scientist
Tony Hoare in 1959 and published in 1961, it is still a commonly used algorithm for
sorting. When implemented well, it can be somewhat faster than merge sort and about
two or three times faster than heapsort.
Parameters
----------
```powershell
/home/markus/Repos/PowerShell/scripts/measure-QuickSort.ps1 [[-numIntegers] <Int32>] [<CommonParameters>]
-numIntegers <Int32>
Specifies the number of integers to sort
Required? false
Position? 1
Default value 1000
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
[<CommonParameters>]
This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction,
WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.
```
Example
-------
```powershell
PS> ./measure-QuickSort.ps1
🧭 0.085 sec to sort 1000 integers by QuickSort
```
Notes
-----
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
Related Links
-------------
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
Script Content
--------------
```powershell
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Measures the speed of QuickSort
.DESCRIPTION
This PowerShell script measures the speed of the QuickSort algorithm.
QuickSort is an in-place sorting algorithm. Developed by British computer scientist
Tony Hoare in 1959 and published in 1961, it is still a commonly used algorithm for
sorting. When implemented well, it can be somewhat faster than merge sort and about
two or three times faster than heapsort.
.PARAMETER numIntegers
Specifies the number of integers to sort
.EXAMPLE
PS> ./measure-QuickSort.ps1
🧭 0.085 sec to sort 1000 integers by QuickSort
.LINK
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>
param([int]$numIntegers = 1000)
class QuickSort {
static Sort($targetList, $left, $right) {
$i=$left
$j=$right
$pivot = $targetList[($left+$right)/2]
while($i -le $j) {
while($targetList[$i] -lt $pivot -and $i -lt $right) {$i++}
while($targetList[$j] -gt $pivot -and $j -gt $left) {$j--}
if($i -le $j) {
$tmp = $targetList[$i]
$targetList[$i]=$targetList[$j]
$targetList[$j]=$tmp
$i++
$j--
}
}
if($left -lt $j) {[QuickSort]::Sort($targetList, $left, $j)}
if($i -lt $right) {[QuickSort]::Sort($targetList, $i, $right)}
}
}
$list = (1..$numIntegers | foreach{Get-Random -minimum 1 -maximum $numIntegers})
$stopWatch = [system.diagnostics.stopwatch]::startNew()
[QuickSort]::Sort($list, 0, $list.Count-1)
[float]$elapsed = $stopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds
$elapsed3 = "{0:N3}" -f $elapsed # formatted to 3 decimal places
"🧭 $elapsed3 sec to sort $numIntegers integers by QuickSort"
exit 0 # success
```
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