Quicksort with uniformly random pivots — the adversarial O(n²) input disappears, and expected O(n log n) holds for every input. Las Vegas in action.
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Randomized Quicksort Visualizer is a free, browser-based tool that helps you turn raw numbers into clear charts. Quicksort with uniformly random pivots — the adversarial O(n²) input disappears, and expected O(n log n) holds for every input. Las Vegas in action. It's built for speed and privacy: Everything runs locally in your browser — your data is never uploaded to a server. No sign-up, no installs, and no daily limits.
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Quick Sort Visualizer: Quick sort animated: pivot highlighted, smaller values swapped into the left zone, pivot placed between — with i/p pointers, verdicts, and pseudocode.
Open toolQuickselect Visualizer: Find the k-th smallest without sorting: one partition, recurse into a single side, discard the rest — expected linear time animated.
Open toolAlgorithm Academy: 35+ classic algorithms animated step by step — searching, counting/radix/bucket sort, dynamic programming tables, greedy, backtracking, KMP, graph algorithms, max flow, and convex hull — with auto-play, next/prev stepping, adjustable interval, and pseudocode that highlights the running line.
Open tool1Randomized quicksort: identical to quicksort, except the pivot is chosen UNIFORMLY AT RANDOM — no fixed input can force the O(n²) worst case anymore. Expected O(n log n) for every input. (Las Vegas: always correct, runtime is random.)
quicksort(lo, hi):pivot = UNIFORM RANDOM in [lo, hi]partition around itbalanced in expectationrecurse both sidesE[comparisons] ≈ 2n ln n for ANY input
A random pivot destroys the adversarial worst case: no fixed input is bad anymore, only unlucky coin flips (a Las Vegas algorithm — always right, runtime random).
