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Sep 6, 2026 6 min

Quick Sort - Computerphile

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Quick Sort is a popular sorting algorithm, but how does it work? Alex continues our exploration of sorting algorithms with a quick look at quick sort.Original 'get sorted' film: http://youtu.be/kgBjXUE_NwcCookies: http://youtu.be/LHSSY8QNvewAlex's code that generated the data for the tests on the original 'get sorted' video: https://github.com/apinkney97/SortsAlex's graph of all the results from his tests on the original 'get sorted' video: http://eprg.org/allplots.pdfhttp://www.facebook.com/computerphilehttps://twitter.com/computer_phileThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/nottscomputerComputerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. See the full list of Brady's video projects at:http://periodicvideos.blogspot.co.uk/...

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