SortingD1Phase 1arrayin-placeadaptive

Insertion Sort

Incremental insertion flow ideal for understanding nearly sorted behavior.

Easy Explanation

Insertion Sort grows a sorted left side by inserting each new value into the correct spot in that side.

Renderer Mode

`Simple` uses abstract, short-form-friendly visuals. `Advanced` keeps the current detailed view.

Arrays + Grid

Visualizer

O(n)Insertion Sort

Deterministic key selection, right-shift operations, and insertion index placement per pass.

Pass

n/a

Comparisons

Shifts

Result

Sorting

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No values available for visualization.

Parameters

Placeholder

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Other algorithms keep scaffolded controls until their engines are implemented.

Complexity

Param Aware

Time and space complexity with current-run context derived from normalized params and input size.

Best Time

O(n)

Average Time

O(n^2)

Worst Time

O(n^2)

Space

O(1)

Current Run

O(n) on this input (early placement)

n = 0

allowEarlyPlacement = true

Input already sorted: true

Theoretical comparisons: best 0, worst 0

Observed comparisons: pending

Complexity updates when params regenerate the deterministic run.

Insertion Sort Implementation

Pseudocode + TypeScript

Reference implementation examples are intentionally abstracted from the playback engine so learners can map concepts to code.

pseudocode

function insertionSort(values):
  n <- length(values)

  for pass from 1 to n - 1:
    key <- values[pass]
    j <- pass - 1

    while j >= 0 and values[j] > key:
      values[j + 1] <- values[j]
      j <- j - 1

    values[j + 1] <- key

  return values

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