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Optimising my Quick sort algorithm (does it operate in-place?)

Hey, my Quick sort algorithm works just fine and it's fairly quick I'd say, but could someone please check it and tell me if it operates in-place (doesn't use any additional space except for the given list)? I wrote it that way and I'm 90% sure it does but these things are tricky so I said I'd double check. Also any optimisations come in mind? I appreciate any help :) https://code.sololearn.com/cA12a4A5a16A/?ref=app

4th Feb 2021, 4:58 PM
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i would say it's in-place - Since you are not creating any extra list or array.... each operation you do is on same list... so it's in-place - But in each operation the list keeps changing its size(pop and append or pop and insert) - for optimization, i suggest u to use swap like a, b=b, a instead of deleting and inserting... because insert() takes a lot of time... at least greater than a simple swap... also that's a good piece of implementation...
7th Feb 2021, 9:20 AM
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NaSaPaKri Thanks for your answer!
13th Feb 2021, 12:12 PM
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