Code for part of http://coffeetocode.net/2016/10/sorting-out-a-nerdsnipe/ ‎

latacora_logged_compares.js

const_arr = ["Erin Ptacek", "Thomas Ptacek", "Jeremy Rauch"]
arr = []

var results = {"Erin Ptacek": {0:0, 1:0, 2:0}, 
               "Thomas Ptacek": {0:0, 1:0, 2:0}, 
               "Jeremy Rauch": {0:0, 1:0, 2:0}, 
};


// custom sort function definition equiv to "x-y"
function randsort(x, y) { 
    console.log("[*] State of arr:" + arr);
    console.log("[*] Comparing "+x+" to "+y);
    var ret = 1 - Math.ceil(Math.random() * 100) % 3; 
    console.log("[*] ret is "+ret);
    if(ret > 0) {
        console.log("[*] this will result in a swap");
    }
    return ret;
}

for(var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    arr = [].concat(const_arr); //poor man's deep copy
    arr.sort(randsort);
    console.log("Sort finished, order is:"+arr);
    
    for(var name in results) {
        results[name][arr.indexOf(name)]++;
    }
    
    if(i % 1000 == 0) {
        console.log(i);
    }
}

for(var name in results) {
    console.log(name);
    console.log(results[name]);
}