Skip to Content
Visual Basic and Algorithmic Thinking for the Complete Beginner
book

Visual Basic and Algorithmic Thinking for the Complete Beginner

by Aristides Bouras
June 2024
Beginner
976 pages
16h 34m
English
Packt Publishing
Content preview from Visual Basic and Algorithmic Thinking for the Complete Beginner

34.4 Sorting Arrays

Sorting algorithms are an important topic in computer science. A sorting algorithm is an algorithm that puts elements of an array in a certain order. There are many sorting algorithms and each one of them has particular strengths and weaknesses.

Most sorting algorithms work by comparing the elements of the array. They are usually evaluated by their efficiency and their memory requirements.

There are many sorting algorithms. Some of them are:

the bubble sort algorithm
the modified bubble sort algorithm
the selection sort algorithm
the insertion sort algorithm
the heap sort algorithm
the merge sort algorithm
the quicksort algorithm

As regards their efficiency, the bubble sort algorithm is considered the least efficient, ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Visual Basic Quickstart Guide

Visual Basic Quickstart Guide

Aspen Olmsted

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781836205951