Bubble Sort
See it animated in Zerethon Tools ↗Repeatedly swap adjacent out-of-order pairs; stop early when a pass makes no swap — O(n²).
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# Bubble Sort
Zerethon Official Sample `bubble-sort`, version 1.2.0, Node.js 22.
- `bubble_sort.js` — the algorithm, as shown in Zerethon Tools
- `main.js` — entry file: a short demonstration
- `test_bubble_sort.js` — checks; set it as the entry file to run them
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See the algorithm animated: https://tools.zerethon.com/bubble-sort-visualizer
// Bubble Sort (Zerethon Official Sample: bubble-sort 1.2.0).
function bubbleSort(a) {
const n = a.length;
for (let i = 0; i < n - 1; i++) {
let swapped = false;
for (let j = 0; j < n - 1 - i; j++) {
if (a[j] > a[j + 1]) {
[a[j], a[j + 1]] = [a[j + 1], a[j]];
swapped = true;
}
}
if (!swapped) break; // already sorted
}
return a;
}
module.exports = { bubbleSort };
const { bubbleSort } = require('./bubble_sort');
const numbers = [38, 27, 43, 3, 9, 82, 10, 27];
console.log(`Before: [${numbers.join(', ')}]`);
const result = bubbleSort([...numbers]);
console.log(`After: [${result.join(', ')}]`);
const expected = [...numbers].sort((x, y) => x - y);
console.log(`Same as sort(): ${result.join() === expected.join()}`);
// Checks for bubbleSort. To run them, set this file as the entry file
// (the ▶ button next to it in Files) and press Run.
const assert = require('assert');
const { bubbleSort } = require('./bubble_sort');
/** Deterministic pseudo-random integers in [-50, 49]. */
function numbers(seed, count) {
const out = [];
for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
seed = (seed * 1103515245 + 12345) % 2 ** 31;
out.push((seed % 100) - 50);
}
return out;
}
const cases = [[], [1], [2, 1], [1, 2, 3], [3, 2, 1], [5, 1, 5, 1, 5], [-3, 0, -1, 2]];
for (const [seed, size] of [[1, 10], [2, 50], [3, 200]]) cases.push(numbers(seed, size));
for (const c of cases) {
const got = bubbleSort([...c]);
assert.deepStrictEqual(got, [...c].sort((x, y) => x - y), `bubbleSort([${c.slice(0, 6)}...])`);
}
console.log(`All ${cases.length} checks passed.`);
Source: Zerethon Official Sample. Algorithm as shown in the Zerethon Tools Bubble Sort Visualizer.