/* * Cocktail Shaker Sort is an algorithm that is a Bidirectional Bubble Sort. * The algorithm extends bubble sort by operating in two directions. * While it improves on bubble sort by more quickly moving items to the beginning of the list, * it provides only marginal performance improvements. * * Wikipedia (Cocktail Shaker Sort): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail_shaker_sort * Wikipedia (Bubble Sort): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_sort * */ /** * Doctests * * > cocktailShakerSort([5, 4, 1, 2, 3]) * [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] * > cocktailShakerSort([]) * [] * > cocktailShakerSort([1, 2, 3]) * [1, 2, 3] */ function cocktailShakerSort (items) { for (let i = items.length - 1; i > 0; i--) { let j // Backwards for (j = items.length - 1; j > i; j--) { if (items[j] < items[j - 1]) { [items[j], items[j - 1]] = [items[j - 1], items[j]] } } // Forwards for (j = 0; j < i; j++) { if (items[j] > items[j + 1]) { [items[j], items[j + 1]] = [items[j + 1], items[j]] } } } return items } /** * Implementation of Cocktail Shaker Sort */ const array = [5, 6, 7, 8, 1, 2, 12, 14] // Before Sort console.log('\n- Before Sort | Implementation of Cocktail Shaker Sort -') console.log(array) // After Sort console.log('- After Sort | Implementation of Cocktail Shaker Sort -') console.log(cocktailShakerSort(array)) console.log('\n')