Complete PreCourse 2 exercises 1 to 5

Exercise_1.java

@@ -2,7 +2,17 @@ class BinarySearch {
     // Returns index of x if it is present in arr[l.. r], else return -1 
     int binarySearch(int arr[], int l, int r, int x) 
     { 
-        //Write your code here
+        while(l <= r){
+            int mid = l+(r-l)/2;
+
+            if(arr[mid] == x){
+                return mid;
+            }else if(arr[mid]<x){
+                l = mid + 1;
+            }else{
+                r = mid -1;
+            }
+        } return -1;
     } 
 
     // Driver method to test above 

Exercise_2.java

@@ -7,19 +7,38 @@ class QuickSort
        pivot and all greater elements to right 
        of pivot */
     void swap(int arr[],int i,int j){
-        //Your code here   
-    }
+        int temp = arr[i];
+        arr[i] = arr[j];
+        arr[j] = temp;
+     }
 
     int partition(int arr[], int low, int high) 
     { 
    	//Write code here for Partition and Swap 
+    int pivot = arr[high];
+    int i = low - 1;
+
+    for(int j = low; j<high;j++){
+        if(arr[j]< pivot){
+            i++;
+            swap(arr,i,j);
+        }
+    }
+    swap(arr, i+1, high);
+    return i+1;
     } 
     /* The main function that implements QuickSort() 
       arr[] --> Array to be sorted, 
       low  --> Starting index, 
       high  --> Ending index */
     void sort(int arr[], int low, int high) 
     {  
+        if(low<high){
+            int pi = partition(arr, low, high);
+            sort(arr, low, pi-1);
+            sort(arr, pi+1, high);
+
+        }
             // Recursively sort elements before 
             // partition and after partition 
     } 

Exercise_3.java

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 class LinkedList 
 { 
     Node head; // head of linked list 
-
+    
     /* Linked list node */
     class Node 
     { 
@@ -19,7 +19,16 @@ class Node
     void printMiddle() 
     { 
         //Write your code here
+        Node slow = head;
+        Node fast = head;
 	//Implement using Fast and slow pointers
+        while(fast != null && fast.next != null){
+        slow = slow.next;
+        fast = fast.next.next;
+    }
+    if(slow != null){
+        System.out.println("Middle elemnt is " + slow.data);
+    }
     } 
 
     public void push(int new_data) 

Exercise_4.java

@@ -5,7 +5,51 @@ class MergeSort
     // Second subarray is arr[m+1..r] 
     void merge(int arr[], int l, int m, int r) 
     {  
-       //Your code here  
+       //Your code here 
+       int n1 = m - l +1; //size of left part
+       int n2 = r - m;  //size of right part
+
+       int left[] = new int[n1];
+       int right[] = new int [n2];
+
+       //copy left half int left[]
+       for(int i = 0; i<n1; i++)
+        left[i] = arr[ l + i ];
+       //copy right hlaf into right[]
+       for(int j = 0;j< n2;j++)
+        right[j] = arr[m+1+j];
+
+       int i =0; //pointer for left[]
+       int j =0; //pointer for right[]
+       int k =l; //pointer for original arr[]
+
+       //compare both arrays and put smaller elemnt first
+       while(i<n1 && j< n2){
+        //left =[11,12,13]
+        //right = [5,6,7]
+        //comapre 11 and 5
+        //5 is smaller so put 5 first
+        if(left[i] <= right[j]){
+            arr[k] = left[i];
+            i++;
+        }else{
+            arr[k] = right[j];
+            j++;
+        }
+        k++;
+       }
+       //if anything is still left in left[], copy it
+       while(i<n1){
+        arr[k] = left[i];
+        i++;
+        k++;
+       }
+       //if anything is still left in riight [], copy it 
+       while(j<n2){
+        arr[k] = right[j];
+        j++;
+        k++;
+       }
     } 
 
     // Main function that sorts arr[l..r] using 
@@ -14,6 +58,15 @@ void sort(int arr[], int l, int r)
     { 
 	//Write your code here
         //Call mergeSort from here 
+        if(l<r){
+            int m = l+(r-l)/2;
+            //srt left half
+            sort(arr, l, m);
+            //srt right half
+            sort(arr,m+1, r);
+            //merge both sorted halves
+            merge(arr, l, m, r);
+        }
     } 
 
     /* A utility function to print array of size n */

Exercise_5.java

@@ -2,21 +2,77 @@ class IterativeQuickSort {
     void swap(int arr[], int i, int j) 
     { 
 	//Try swapping without extra variable 
+    //ex: arr[i] = 4, arr[j] = 3;
+    //after swap: arr[i] =3, arr[j] =4
+    if(i == j) return;
+
+    arr[i] = arr[i] + arr[j];
+    arr[j] = arr[i] - arr[j];
+    arr[i] = arr[i] - arr[j];
     } 
 
     /* This function is same in both iterative and 
        recursive*/
     int partition(int arr[], int l, int h) 
     { 
         //Compare elements and swap.
+        //pick last elemnt as pivot
+        int pivot = arr[h];
+
+        //i shows correct position for smaller elemnts
+        int i = l-1;
+
+        for(int j = l;j <= h-1; j++){
+            if(arr[j] <= pivot){
+                i++;
+                swap(arr, i, j);
+            }
+        }
+        //put pivot in its correct position 
+        swap (arr, i+1, h);
+
+        //return pivot index
+        return i+1;
+
+
     } 
 
     // Sorts arr[l..h] using iterative QuickSort 
     void QuickSort(int arr[], int l, int h) 
     { 
         //Try using Stack Data Structure to remove recursion.
+        //sort(left side)
+        //sort right side)
+
+       // but here we use stack instead of recurtion.
+
+      // think of stack like a notebook
+      //we write which part of array still needs sorting
+       int stack[] = new int [h-l+1];
+       int top = -1;
+
+       //push starting and ending index
+       stack[++top] = l;
+       stack[++top] = h;
+
+       while(top >= 0){
+        //pop high and low
+        h = stack[top--];
+        l = stack[top--];
+
+        //put pivot at corect place
+        int p = partition(arr, l, h);
+        if(p-1 > l){
+            stack[++top] = l;
+            stack[++top] =p-1;
+        }
+        if(p + 1 < h){
+            stack[++top] = p+1;
+            stack[++top] = h;
+        }
+       }
     } 
-
+    
     // A utility function to print contents of arr 
     void printArr(int arr[], int n) 
     {