Selection Sort

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What is Selection Sort?

Selection Sort is a simple and intuitive sorting algorithm. It works by dividing the array into two parts - sorted and unsorted. Initially, the sorted part is empty and the unsorted part contains all the elements. The algorithm repeatedly selects the smallest (or largest, if sorting in descending order) element from the unsorted part and moves that to the end of the sorted part. The process continues until the unsorted part becomes empty and the sorted part contains all the elements. Selection sort is not efficient on large lists, as its time complexity is O(n²) where n is the number of items.

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Is this Selection Sort tutorial for beginners?

It is lesson 49 of 107 in the free Data Structures & Algorithms roadmap, in stage 9, Graph Data Structures. If you are new to Data Structures & Algorithms, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.

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