A list is ordered from smaller to largest when a sort is
called. Which sort would take the shortest time to execute?

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A list is ordered from smaller to largest when a sort is called. Which sort would take the shortest..

Answer / rohit

Bubble sort with a flag variable to check if comparisons
occur or not. If it is already sorted then in just 1
iteration it will show that the array is sorted which is
not possible in any other sort.THUS JUST 1 ITERATIION IS
REQUIRED IN THIS CASE.

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A list is ordered from smaller to largest when a sort is called. Which sort would take the shortest..

Answer / punit

insertion sort.
all the above answer r wrong.

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A list is ordered from smaller to largest when a sort is called. Which sort would take the shortest..

Answer / sathyanarayana

Yes, its insertion sort. For a sorted array, it takes just
O(n) time. iTs mere traversal of an array as it is already
sorted. In the case of quick sort, it boils down to O(n^2)
in the case of sorted array.

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A list is ordered from smaller to largest when a sort is called. Which sort would take the shortest..

Answer / sathya

Insertion sort works with an efficiency of O(n) if the array
is already sorted. Hence, this algo can be used.

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A list is ordered from smaller to largest when a sort is called. Which sort would take the shortest..

Answer / tarun

bubble sort in the best case

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A list is ordered from smaller to largest when a sort is called. Which sort would take the shortest..

Answer / varma

insertion sort works efficiently on sorted lists.....

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A list is ordered from smaller to largest when a sort is called. Which sort would take the shortest..

Answer / zeeshan

insertion sort shows best case behaviour when list is
already sorted.....

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A list is ordered from smaller to largest when a sort is called. Which sort would take the shortest..

Answer / swetha

insertion sort is best one because it takes less time fot sorted array of elements.......

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A list is ordered from smaller to largest when a sort is called. Which sort would take the shortest..

Answer / ronak & sandip

In this case, both insertion and bubble sort will work exactly same as the time complexity of both method is O(n). But you have to mention one condition to check any swap has been made inside or not...if no swap has been made, it will come out of loop after executing it n times.

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A list is ordered from smaller to largest when a sort is called. Which sort would take the shortest..

Answer / soumitra biswas

modified bubble sort with flag.As the array is already sorted
there will be no swapping in first pass,so no comparison
will take place after first pass and program stops executing.
time complexity =0(n).

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