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Yes you are. It's O(nlogn) where n is 5 - i.e. it's constant time (you can easily find the median by 4 comparisons to find the smallest of the 5, followed by 3
by virgi1 13y ago
Yes you are. It's O(nlogn) where n is 5 - i.e. it's constant time (you can easily find the median by 4 comparisons to find the smallest of the 5, followed by 3 comparisons for the 2nd smallest, followed by 2 comparisons for the median - a total of 9 comparisons)
- ihateloggingin 13y agoPut otherwise: to sort them all it's O(n/5*(5 log 5)) = O(n).