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<h2 class="chapter">12 Sorting</h2>
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<p>This chapter describes functions for sorting data, both directly and
indirectly (using an index). All the functions use the <em>heapsort</em>
algorithm. Heapsort is an <em>O(N \log N)</em> algorithm which operates
in-place and does not require any additional storage. It also provides
consistent performance, the running time for its worst-case (ordered
data) being not significantly longer than the average and best cases.
Note that the heapsort algorithm does not preserve the relative ordering
of equal elements—it is an <em>unstable</em> sort. However the resulting
order of equal elements will be consistent across different platforms
when using these functions.
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