Before the stats, You must already know what is Merge sort, Selection Sort, Insertion Sort, Bubble Sort, Quick Sort, Arrays, how to get current time.

What is Stable Sorting ?

A sorting algorithm is said to be stable if and only if two records R and S with the same key and with R appearing before S in the original list, R must appear before S in the sorted list.

If you are going to do a multi pass sorting ( On Different attributes ) you must use a stable sorting.

void bubbleSort(int* a, int size) {
      bool swapped = true;
      int j = 0;
      int tmp;
      while (swapped) {
            swapped = false;
            j++;
            for (int i = 0; i < size - j; i++) {
                  if (a[i] > a[i + 1]){
                        tmp = a[i];
                        a[i] = a[i + 1];
                        a[i + 1] = tmp;
                        swapped = true;
                  }
            }
      }
}

void selectionSort(int* a, int size)
{
    for (int i = 2; i < size; i++)
    {
        for (int j = i; j >= 1; j--)
        {
            if (a[j] < a[j - 1])
            {
                int temp = a[j - 1];
                a[j - 1] = a[j];
                a[j] = temp;
            }
        }
    }
}

void insertionSort(int* a, int size)
{
    for (int i = 1;i < size;i++)
    {
		int x = a[i];
		int j = i;
        while (j > 0 && a[j-1] > a[j])
        {
			int temporaryVariable=a[j];
			a[j] = a[j-1];
			a[j-1]=temporaryVariable;
			j --;
        }
        a[j] = x;
    }
}

void merge(int* a, int first, int middle, int last)
{
int j,i0,i1;
    i0 = first;
    i1 = middle;

    // While there are elements in the left or right runs
    
    for (j = first; j < last; j++) {
        // If left run head exists and is <= existing right run head.
        if (i0 < middle && (i1 >= last || a[i0] <= a[i1])){
            b[j] = a[i0];
            i0++;
		}
        else{
            b[j] = a[i1];
            i1++;
		}
    } 
	
}
void split(int* a, int first, int last)
{
	
    if (last - first<2)
		return;
    int middle = floor((first + last) / 2);
    //cout<<first<<" "<<middle<<" "<<last<<endl;
    split(a, first, middle);
    split(a, middle, last);
    merge(a, first, middle, last);
    copyArray(a,b, first, last);
}

int partition(int* a, int top, int bottom)
{
     int x = a[top];
     int i = top - 1;
     int j = bottom + 1;
     int temp;
     do
     {
           do     
           {
                  j--;
           }while (x >a[j]);

          do  
         {
                 i++;
          } while (x <a[i]);

          if (i < j)
         { 
                 temp = a[i];   
                 a[i] = a[j];
                 a[j] = temp;
         }
     }while (i < j);    
     return j;           
}

void _quickSort(int * a, int top, int bottom)
{
     int middle;
     if (top < bottom)
    {
          middle = partition(a, top, bottom);
          _quickSort(a, top, middle);   // sort first section
          _quickSort(a, middle+1, bottom);    // sort second section
     }
     return;
}



void quickSort(int * a, int size)
{
     _quickSort(a,0,size);
     return;
}

The algorithm is simple : Populate an array with random integers, try the algorithm, get execution time of the algorithm ( How many milliseconds to complete ), populate another array with random integers, try another algorithm, get execution time, repeat with larger arrays with different algorithms

Code :

#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <ctime>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <fstream>
#include <math.h>
/*
 * Visit : http://www.titrias.com/ultimate-sorting-algorithms-comparison/ for a complete comparison
 */ 
using namespace std;

int* b;
bool odd;
bool enablePrinting=false;
struct SortingAlgorithm{
	string name;
	long long time;
	void (*algorithm)(int*,int);
};
//Selection Sort
void selectionSort(int* a, int size)
{
    for (int i = 2; i < size; i++)
    {
        for (int j = i; j >= 1; j--)
        {
            if (a[j] < a[j - 1])
            {
                int temp = a[j - 1];
                a[j - 1] = a[j];
                a[j] = temp;
            }
        }
    }
}
/////////////////////////////

//Insertion Sort
void insertionSort(int* a, int size)
{
    for (int i = 1;i < size;i++)
    {
		int x = a[i];
		int j = i;
        while (j > 0 && a[j-1] > a[j])
        {
			int temporaryVariable=a[j];
			a[j] = a[j-1];
			a[j-1]=temporaryVariable;
			j --;
        }
        a[j] = x;
    }
}
/////////////////////////////
//Merge Sort
void merge(int* a, int first, int middle, int last)
{
	int j,i0,i1;
    i0 = first;
    i1 = middle;

    // While there are elements in the left or right runs
    
    for (j = first; j < last; j++) {
        // If left run head exists and is <= existing right run head.
        if (i0 < middle && (i1 >= last || a[i0] <= a[i1])){
            b[j] = a[i0];
            i0++;
		}
        else{
            b[j] = a[i1];
            i1++;
		}
    } 
	
}
///////////////////////////////
//Bubble Sort
void bubbleSort(int* a, int size) {
      bool swapped = true;
      int j = 0;
      int tmp;
      while (swapped) {
            swapped = false;
            j++;
            for (int i = 0; i < size - j; i++) {
                  if (a[i] > a[i + 1]){
                        tmp = a[i];
                        a[i] = a[i + 1];
                        a[i + 1] = tmp;
                        swapped = true;
                  }
            }
      }
}
//////////////////////////////////
//Quick Sort

int partition(int* a, int top, int bottom)
{
     int x = a[top];
     int i = top - 1;
     int j = bottom + 1;
     int temp;
     do
     {
           do     
           {
                  j--;
           }while (x >a[j]);

          do  
         {
                 i++;
          } while (x <a[i]);

          if (i < j)
         { 
                 temp = a[i];   
                 a[i] = a[j];
                 a[j] = temp;
         }
     }while (i < j);    
     return j;           
}

void _quickSort(int * a, int top, int bottom)
{
     int middle;
     if (top < bottom)
    {
          middle = partition(a, top, bottom);
          _quickSort(a, top, middle); 
          _quickSort(a, middle+1, bottom);   
     }
     return;
}



void quickSort(int * a, int size)
{
     _quickSort(a,0,size);
     return;
}

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
void copyArray(int* a,int* b, int first, int last)
{
    for(int k = first; k < last; k++)
        a[k] = b[k];
}

void split(int* a, int first, int last)
{
	
    if (last - first<2)
		return;
    int middle = floor((first + last) / 2);
    //cout<<first<<" "<<middle<<" "<<last<<endl;
    split(a, first, middle);
    split(a, middle, last);
    merge(a, first, middle, last);
    copyArray(a,b, first, last);
}
void mergeSort(int *a, int size){
	split(a,0,size);
}
/////////////////////////////
int* populateArray(int size)
{
	b=new int[size];
    int* a = new int[size];
    for (int i = 0;i < size;i++)
    {
        
        a[i] = rand() % 50000;
        b[i]=-1;
    }
    return a;
}
void printArray(int* a,int size)
{
    for (int i = 0;i < size;i++)
    {
		if(enablePrinting)
			cout<<a[i]<<"  ";
    }
    if(enablePrinting)
		cout<<endl;
}
long long now()
{
    //LINUX ONLY.
    struct timeval timeNow;
	gettimeofday(&timeNow, NULL);
    return (timeNow.tv_sec * 1000000 + timeNow.tv_usec);
}
int diff(timespec end, timespec start)
{
	timespec temp;
	if ((end.tv_nsec-start.tv_nsec)<0) {
		temp.tv_sec = end.tv_sec-start.tv_sec-1;
		temp.tv_nsec = 1000000000+end.tv_nsec-start.tv_nsec;
	} else {
		temp.tv_sec = end.tv_sec-start.tv_sec;
		temp.tv_nsec = end.tv_nsec-start.tv_nsec;
	}
	return temp.tv_sec;
}


SortingAlgorithm createSortingAlgorithm(string name,void (* f)(int*,int)){
	SortingAlgorithm sortingAlgorithm;
	sortingAlgorithm.name=name;
	sortingAlgorithm.algorithm=f;
	sortingAlgorithm.time=0;
	return sortingAlgorithm;
}
int main()
{
	int numberOfAlgorithms=5;
	SortingAlgorithm* sortingAlgorithms=new SortingAlgorithm[numberOfAlgorithms];
	
	sortingAlgorithms[0]=createSortingAlgorithm("Bubble",&bubbleSort);
	sortingAlgorithms[1]=createSortingAlgorithm("Selection",&selectionSort);
	sortingAlgorithms[2]=createSortingAlgorithm("Insertion",&insertionSort);
	sortingAlgorithms[3]=createSortingAlgorithm("Merge",&mergeSort);
	sortingAlgorithms[4]=createSortingAlgorithm("Quick",&quickSort);
	
	
    int sizes[10] ={10000, 20000, 30000, 40000, 50000, 60000, 70000, 80000, 90000, 100000};
	
    long long start, end;

    ofstream CFile ("comparison.csv"); 
    CFile<<"SIZE;";
    for( int k =0 ;k<numberOfAlgorithms;k++){
		CFile<<sortingAlgorithms[k].name<<";";
	}
	CFile<<endl;
    for (int i = 0;i < 10;i++)
    {
		srand(rand());
        int size = sizes[i];
        
        
        for (int j = 0;j < 1;j++)
        {
			for( int k =0 ;k<numberOfAlgorithms;k++){
				int* a = populateArray(size);
				start = now();
				sortingAlgorithms[k].algorithm(a, size);
				end = now();
				sortingAlgorithms[k].time+= end- start;
			}
        }
        CFile<<size<<";";
        for( int k =0 ;k<numberOfAlgorithms;k++){
				cout << sortingAlgorithms[k].name<<" " << size << " : " << sortingAlgorithms[k].time << endl;
				CFile<<sortingAlgorithms[k].time<<";";
				sortingAlgorithms[k].time=0;
		}
		CFile<<endl;
		
    }
    return 0 ;
}

N is the number of integers in an unsorted array.

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