lucky sort

(algorithm)

Definition: The best possible sort algorithm: it is so lucky that the input is already sorted, and it need do nothing!

See also bogosort, bozo sort, stooge sort.

Note: Defined more for humorous, rather than serious, purposes. Time complexity is Θ(0) (zero): it takes no time.

Author: PEB

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Paul E. Black, "lucky sort", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed. 3 November 2005. (accessed TODAY) Available from: https://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/luckySort.html