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Cocktail Sort

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Cocktail Sort

Zara only reaches for Cocktail Sort when names A→Z has to stay correct in the roll list.

Cocktail Sort order — meaning → n log n vs n² → one limit. Dumping ten features helps nobody.

Skip Cocktail Sort and unstable sort when equal keys matter shows up in the roll list.

Zara ships Cocktail Sort in the roll list. That is the use case worth saying.

Don’t do this with Cocktail Sort — unstable sort when equal keys matter. Interviewers spot it in ten seconds.

After Cocktail Sort, Zara should still remember unstable sort when equal keys matter.

Close Cocktail Sort with — “If I skip it, names A→Z goes wrong like this: unstable sort when equal keys matter.”

Exam tip

For Cocktail Sort: definition + the roll list + one failure.

Example

# Cocktail Sort
data = [4, 1, 3]
print("start", data)
if data[0] > data[1]:
    data[0], data[1] = data[1], data[0]
print("after one step", data)

Cocktail Sort: dry-run [4, 1, 3]. Say the list after one step.

Short notes

  • DefCocktail Sort — Zara uses it for names A→Z in the roll list.
  • RuleCocktail Sort → n log n vs n².
  • RememberCocktail Sort + Big-O (the roll list).
  • UseCocktail Sort in the roll list (names A→Z).
  • TrapCocktail Sort — unstable sort when equal keys matter.
  • ExCocktail Sort → names A→Z.

Questions

1

What is Cocktail Sort? Teach it with names A→Z.

2

When would Zara actually reach for Cocktail Sort?

3

Which mistake makes names A→Z fail?

4

Change one input on names A→Z. Predict the new result.

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