(function (exports) { 'use strict'; /** * Returns the n-th smallest element of list within * lo..hi inclusive (i.e. lo <= n <= hi).

* Time complexity: O(N). * * @example * * var quickselect = require('path-to-algorithms/src/searching/'+ * 'quickselect').quickselect; * var result = quickselect([5, 1, 2, 2, 0, 3], 1, 0, 5); * console.log(result); // 1 * * @public * @module searching/quickselect * @param {Array} arr Input array. * @param {Number} n A number of an element. * @param {Number} lo Low index. * @param {Number} hi High index. * @return Returns n-th smallest element. */ function quickselect(arr, n, lo, hi) { function partition(arr, lo, hi, pivotIdx) { function swap(arr, i, j) { var temp = arr[i]; arr[i] = arr[j]; arr[j] = temp; } var pivot = arr[pivotIdx]; swap(arr, pivotIdx, hi); for (var i = lo; i < hi; i += 1) { if (arr[i] < pivot) { swap(arr, i, lo); lo += 1; } } swap(arr, hi, lo); return lo; } if (arr.length <= n) { return undefined; } lo = lo || 0; hi = hi || arr.length - 1; if (lo === hi) { return arr[lo]; } while (hi >= lo) { var pivotIdx = partition(arr, lo, hi, lo + Math.floor(Math.random() * (hi - lo + 1))); if (n === pivotIdx) { return arr[pivotIdx]; } if (n < pivotIdx) { hi = pivotIdx - 1; } else { lo = pivotIdx + 1; } } return undefined; } exports.quickselect = quickselect; })(typeof window === 'undefined' ? module.exports : window);