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Insertion Sort

Given an array A[1…n] of length n to be sorted. The algorithm sorts the list inplace. It picks an element i as key and places it in the correct position in the sorted A[1..(i-1)].

Insert Sort Visualization

Time Complexity: \(O(n^2)\)

Space Complexity: \(O(n)\)

Pseudocode

InsertionSort(A):
    for i = 1 to A.length-1
        key = A[i]
        j = i - 1
        while j > 0 and a[j] > key:
            A[j+1] = A[j]
            j--
        A[j+1] = key

Java Code

public class InsertionSort {
    
    public int[] insertionSort(int[] arr) {
        
        int length = arr.length;
        int key, j, i;
        for(j = 1; j < length; j++) {
            key = arr[j];
            i = j-1;
            while(i >= 0 && arr[i] > key) {
                arr[i+1] = arr[i];
                i--;
            }
            arr[i+1] = key;
        }
        
        return arr;
        
    }
    
    public static void print_arr(int[] arr) {
        
        for(int i: arr) {
            System.out.printf("%d ", i);
        }
        
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        
        InsertionSort i = new InsertionSort();
        int[] arr = {9, 8, 7, 6, 5};
        int[] sorted = i.insertionSort(arr);
        InsertionSort.print_arr(sorted);

    }

}

REFERENCES:

Introduction to Algorithms 3rd Edition - Chapter 2

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