/* * Places the `k` smallest elements in `array` in the first `k` indices: `[0..k-1]` * Modifies the passed in array *in place* * Returns a slice of the wanted elements for convenience * Efficient mainly because it never performs a full sort. * * The only guarantees are that: * * - The `k`th element is in its final sort index (if the array were to be sorted) * - All elements before index `k` are smaller than the `k`th element * * [Reference](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quickselect) */ export function quickSelectSearch(array, k) { if (!array || array.length <= k) { throw new Error('Invalid arguments') } let from = 0 let to = array.length - 1 while (from < to) { let left = from let right = to const pivot = array[Math.ceil((left + right) * 0.5)] while (left < right) { if (array[left] >= pivot) { const tmp = array[left] array[left] = array[right] array[right] = tmp --right } else { ++left } } if (array[left] > pivot) { --left } if (k <= left) { to = left } else { from = left + 1 } } return array } /* ---------------------------------- Test ---------------------------------- */ // const arr = [1121111, 21, 333, 41, 5, 66, 7777, 28, 19, 11110] // quickSelectSearch(arr, 5) // [ 19, 21, 28, 41, 5, 66, 333, 11110, 1121111, 7777 ] // quickSelectSearch(arr, 2) // [ 19, 5, 21, 41, 28, 333, 11110, 1121111, 7777, 66 ] // quickSelectSearch(arr, 7) // [ 19, 5, 21, 41, 28, 66, 333, 7777, 11110, 1121111 ]