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Quicksort in Swift
var randomNumbers = [42, 12, 88, 62, 63, 56, 1, 77, 88, 97, 97, 20, 45, 91, 62, 2, 15, 31, 59, 5]
func partition(v: Int[], left: Int, right: Int) -> Int {
var i = left
for j in (left + 1)..(right + 1) {
if v[j] < v[left] {
i += 1
(v[i], v[j]) = (v[j], v[i])
}
}
(v[i], v[left]) = (v[left], v[i])
return i
}
func quicksort(v: Int[], left: Int, right: Int) {
if right > left {
let pivotIndex = partition(v, left, right)
quicksort(v, left, pivotIndex - 1)
quicksort(v, pivotIndex + 1, right)
}
}
quicksort(randomNumbers, 0, randomNumbers.count-1)
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