Selection Sort in Javascript
Below is an example of the Selection Sort algorithm in Javascript. See the Selection Sort page for more information and implementations.
selection-sort in Javascript
function selectionSort(array) {
// step 1: loop from the beginning of the array to the second to last item
for (let currentIndex = 0; currentIndex < array.length - 1; currentIndex++) {
// step 2: save a copy of the currentIndex
let minIndex = currentIndex;
// step 3: loop through all indexes that proceed the currentIndex
for (let i = currentIndex + 1; i < array.length; i++) {
/* step 4: if the value of the index of the current loop is less
than the value of the item at minIndex, update minIndex
with the new lowest value index */
if (array[i] < array[minIndex]) {
// update minIndex with the new lowest value index
minIndex = i;
}
}
// step 5: if minIndex has been updated, swap the values at minIndex and currentIndex
if (minIndex != currentIndex) {
let temp = array[currentIndex];
array[currentIndex] = array[minIndex];
array[minIndex] = temp;
}
}
}
let array = [12, 11, 15, 10, 9, 1, 2, 3, 13, 14, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
selectionSort(array)
alert(array)