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Revision as of 17:17, 16 July 2019
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Definition
A set of rules, or instructions, to perform a calculation or other problem-solving operations.
Relevance
Often, you'll need the same operation performed with different data, writing algorithms that can do this will let you reuse more code!
Explanation
An algorithm is a set of instructions used to perform a task. These tasks can be a multitude of things, such as sorting a list, finding an element in a list, squaring a number, etc.
Example
// An example of a simple algorithm to search for an element in a list may look like the following
bool Search(string name, List<string> contacts)
{
for(int i = 0; i < contacts.Count; i++)
{
if(contacts[i] == name)
{
// result found!
return true;
}
}
// result not found after the loop
return false;
}
Resources
See also
- Function
- Heapsort
- Quicksort
- Hash Table
- Recursion
- Binary Search Tree
- Greedy Algorithm
- Binomial Heap
- NP-Completeness
- Graph
