C# Sharp Searching and Sorting Algorithm: Exercises, Practice, Solution

C# Sharp Searching and Sorting Algorithm Exercises [11 exercises with solution]

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1. Write a C# Sharp program to sort a list of elements using Shell sort.
According to Wikipedia "Shell sort or Shell's method, is an in-place comparison sort. It can be seen as either a generalization of sorting by exchange (bubble sort) or sorting by insertion (insertion sort). The method starts by sorting pairs of elements far apart from each other, then progressively reducing the gap between elements to be compared. Starting with far apart elements can move some out-of-place elements into position faster than a simple nearest neighbour exchange."
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2. Write a C# Sharp program to sort a list of elements using Bogosort sort.
In computer science, bogosort is a particularly ineffective sorting algorithm based on the generating and test paradigm. The algorithm successively generates permutations of its input until it finds one that is sorted. It is not useful for sorting, but may be used for educational purposes, to contrast it with other more realistic algorithms.
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3. Write a C# Sharp program to sort a list of elements using Bubble sort.
According to Wikipedia "Bubble sort, sometimes referred to as sinking sort, is a simple sorting algorithm that repeatedly steps through the list to be sorted, compares each pair of adjacent items and swaps them if they are in the wrong order. The pass through the list is repeated until no swaps are needed, which indicates that the list is sorted. The algorithm, which is a comparison sort, is named for the way smaller elements "bubble" to the top of the list. Although the algorithm is simple, it is too slow and impractical for most problems even when compared to insertion sort. It can be practical if the input is usually in sort order but may occasionally have some out-of-order elements nearly in position."
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4. Write a C# Sharp program to sort a list of elements using Counting sort.
According to Wikipedia "In computer science, counting sort is an algorithm for sorting a collection of objects according to keys that are small integers; that is, it is an integer sorting algorithm. It operates by counting the number of objects that have each distinct key value, and using arithmetic on those counts to determine the positions of each key value in the output sequence. Its running time is linear in the number of items and the difference between the maximum and minimum key values, so it is only suitable for direct use in situations where the variation in keys is not significantly greater than the number of items. However, it is often used as a subroutine in another sorting algorithm, radix sort that can handle larger keys more efficiently".
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5. Write a C# Sharp program to sort a list of elements using Heap sort.
In computer science, heapsort (invented by J. W. J. Williams in 1964) is a comparison-based sorting algorithm. Heapsort can be thought of as an improved selection sort: like that algorithm, it divides its input into a sorted and an unsorted region, and it interactively shrinks the unsorted region by extracting the largest element and moving that to the sorted region. The improvement consists of the use of a heap data structure rather than a linear-time search to find the maximum.
Although somewhat slower in practice on most machines than a well-implemented quicksort, it has the advantage of a more favorable worst-case O(n log n) runtime. Heapsort is an in-place algorithm, but it is not a stable sort.
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6. Write a C# Sharp program to sort a list of elements using Insertion sort.
Insertion sort is a simple sorting algorithm that builds the final sorted array (or list) one item at a time. It is much less efficient on large lists than more advanced algorithms such as quicksort, heapsort, or merge sort.
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7. Write a C# Sharp program to sort a list of elements using Merge sort.
According to Wikipedia "Merge sort (also commonly spelled mergesort) is an O (n log n) comparison-based sorting algorithm. Most implementations produce a stable sort, which means that the implementation preserves the input order of equal elements in the sorted output."
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8. Write a C# Sharp program to sort a list of elements using Permutation sort.
Permutation sort, proceeds by generating the possible permutations of the input array/list until discovering the sorted one.
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9. Write a C# Sharp program to sort a list of elements using Quick sort.
Quick sort is a comparison sort, meaning that it can sort items of any type for which a "less-than" relation (formally, a total order) is defined.
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10. Write a C# Sharp program to sort a list of elements using the Radix sort algorithm.
Radix sort is a non-comparative integer sorting algorithm that sorts data with integer keys by grouping keys by the individual digits which share the same significant position and value.
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11. Write a C# Sharp program to sort a list of elements using the Selection sort algorithm.
The selection sort improves on the bubble sort by making only one exchange for every pass through the list.
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