/*
* Places the `k` smallest elements in `array` in the first `k` indices: `[0..k-1]`
* Modifies the passed in array *in place*
* Returns a slice of the wanted elements for convenience
* Efficient mainly because it never performs a full sort.
*
* The only guarantees are that:
*
* - The `k`th element is in its final sort index (if the array were to be sorted)
* - All elements before index `k` are smaller than the `k`th element
*
* [Reference](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quickselect)
*/
export function quickSelectSearch(array, k) {
if (!array || array.length <= k) {
throw new Error('Invalid arguments')
}
let from = 0
let to = array.length - 1
while (from < to) {
let left = from
let right = to
const pivot = array[Math.ceil((left + right) * 0.5)]
while (left < right) {
if (array[left] >= pivot) {
const tmp = array[left]
array[left] = array[right]
array[right] = tmp
--right
} else {
++left
}
}
if (array[left] > pivot) {
--left
}
if (k <= left) {
to = left
} else {
from = left + 1
}
}
return array
}
/* ---------------------------------- Test ---------------------------------- */
// const arr = [1121111, 21, 333, 41, 5, 66, 7777, 28, 19, 11110]
// quickSelectSearch(arr, 5) // [ 19, 21, 28, 41, 5, 66, 333, 11110, 1121111, 7777 ]
// quickSelectSearch(arr, 2) // [ 19, 5, 21, 41, 28, 333, 11110, 1121111, 7777, 66 ]
// quickSelectSearch(arr, 7) // [ 19, 5, 21, 41, 28, 66, 333, 7777, 11110, 1121111 ]