Simple Sort Algorithm In Javascript

By Tomoyuki Kashiro

What is Simple sort algorithm ?

  • if you want array to sort by ASC, you find minimum value in target list.
  • and pass it to new array from beginning.
  • this algorithm is slow to sort. so you had better to use this to large list.

Code

/***************************************
 * util
 ***************************************/
var getMin = function(list){
  var min = {
        index: 0,
        value: list[0]
      };
  list.forEach(function(target, index){
    if(target < min.value){
      min.index = index;
      min.value = target;
    } 
  });
  return min;
};
/***************************************
 * sort
 ***************************************/
var sortByMin = function(before){
  var min,
      after = [];

  while(before.length > 0){
    min = getMin(before);
    after.push(min.value);
    before.splice(min.index, 1);
  }
  return after;
};

/***************************************
 * main
 ***************************************/
var before = [0,9,3,4,6,7,8,2,1,5];
console.log('before : ' + before);

var after = sortByMin(before);
console.log('after : ' + after);

Test

/***************************************
 * util
 ***************************************/
var getMin = function(list){
  var min = {
        index: 0,
        value: list[0]
      };
  list.forEach(function(target, index){
    if(target < min.value){
      min.index = index;
      min.value = target;
    } 
  });
  return min;
};
/***************************************
 * sort
 ***************************************/
var sortByMin = function(before){
  var min,
      after = [];

  while(before.length > 0){
    min = getMin(before);
    after.push(min.value);
    before.splice(min.index, 1);
  }
  return after;
};

/***************************************
 * main
 ***************************************/
var before = [0,9,3,4,6,7,8,2,1,5];
console.log('before : ' + before);

var after = sortByMin(before);
console.log('after : ' + after);