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Monday, August 31, 2026

⚡ QUICK SORT VISUALIZER

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⚡ QUICK SORT VISUALIZER
Choose Pivot • Partition • Compare • Swap • Recursively Sort
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📥 Enter Your Data

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📊 Current Array

Enter values and press START QUICK SORT.
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📈 Live Statistics

Recursion Level 0
Comparisons 0
Swaps 0
Partitions 0
Steps 0
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🔀 Partition Visualization

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📝 Step-by-Step Explanation

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Quick Sort selects a pivot and rearranges the elements so that smaller values go to the left and larger values go to the right.
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🧮 Quick Sort Mathematics

Choose a pivot:
pivot = A[high]

Start:
i = low − 1

For every element A[j]:
If A[j] ≤ pivot
then:
i = i + 1
and swap:
A[i] ↔ A[j]

Finally:
A[i+1] ↔ A[high]

The pivot is now in its correct position.
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🔢 Complete Mathematical Example

Initial Array:
10, 7, 8, 9, 1, 5

Choose last element as pivot:
pivot = 5

Start:
i = −1

Compare 10 with 5:
10 ≤ 5 → False
No swap.

Compare 7 with 5:
7 ≤ 5 → False
No swap.

Compare 8 with 5:
8 ≤ 5 → False
No swap.

Compare 9 with 5:
9 ≤ 5 → False
No swap.

Compare 1 with 5:
1 ≤ 5 → True
i = 0
Swap A[0] and A[4]:
1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 5

Finally swap pivot 5 with A[1]:
1, 5, 8, 9, 10, 7

Pivot 5 is now in its final position.

Left partition:
[1]

Right partition:
[8,9,10,7]

Quick Sort recursively processes both partitions.
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⚙️ How Quick Sort Works

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Choose a Pivot: Select one element as the pivot. This visualizer uses the last element.
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Partition: Move elements smaller than or equal to the pivot toward the left side.
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Move larger elements toward the right side.
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Place the pivot between the two partitions.
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Recursively apply Quick Sort to the left partition.
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Recursively apply Quick Sort to the right partition.
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⚖️ Advantages & Disadvantages

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Advantages
• Very fast on average.
• Average time complexity is O(n log n).
• Can be implemented in-place.
• Usually performs well in practical applications.
Disadvantages
• Poor pivot selection can produce O(n²) time.
• Standard Quick Sort is not stable.
• Recursive implementation requires stack space.
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⏱️ Time & Space Complexity

Best Case O(n log n)
Average Case O(n log n)
Worst Case O(n²)
Average Space O(log n)
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🎯 Pivot Concept

A good pivot divides the array into two approximately equal parts.

Example:
[2, 4, 5] | 6 | [7, 8, 9]

This produces approximately balanced partitions and gives:
O(n log n) average performance.

A poor pivot may produce:
[] | 1 | [2,3,4,5,6,7]

Repeated poor partitions can lead to:
O(n²)
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