feat(quicksort): basic algorithm implemented

src/exercises/medium_difficulty.rs

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ pub fn longest_palindrome(value: &str) -> String {
                 break;
             }
             if let Some(slice) = value.get(i..(i + pal_size - 1)) {
-                // let reverted_slice = slice.chars().rev().collect::<String>();
                 // if string was mutable, we count use .reserve()
                 let reverted_slice = slice.chars().rev().collect::<String>();
                 if slice == reverted_slice {
@@ -21,3 +20,34 @@ pub fn longest_palindrome(value: &str) -> String {
 
     lp
 }
+
+pub fn quick_sort<T>(list: Vec<T>) -> Vec<T>
+where
+    T: PartialOrd + Copy,
+{
+    if list.is_empty() {
+        return list;
+    }
+    let mut pivot_list = vec![list[0]];
+    let pivot = pivot_list[0];
+    // arrange
+    let mut left_list: Vec<T> = Vec::new();
+    let mut right_list: Vec<T> = Vec::new();
+    for index in 1..list.len() {
+        let element = list[index];
+        if element > pivot {
+            right_list.push(element);
+        } else if element < pivot {
+            left_list.push(element);
+        } else {
+            pivot_list.push(element);
+        }
+    }
+
+    left_list = quick_sort(left_list);
+    right_list = quick_sort(right_list);
+    left_list.append(&mut pivot_list);
+    left_list.append(&mut right_list);
+
+    left_list
+}

src/exercises/mod.rs

@@ -30,4 +30,10 @@ pub fn run_easy() {
 
     let bubled_list = easy_difficulty::bubble_sort(list);
     println!("The original list sorted is {:?}", bubled_list);
+
+    let long_list = vec![
+        5, 1, 8, 20, 4, 15, 6, 7, 1, 4, 23, 9, 23, 5, 7, 7, 8, 0, 12, 4, 56, 18, 47, 23,
+    ];
+    let sorted_list = medium_difficulty::quick_sort(long_list);
+    println!("The sorted list is: {:?}", sorted_list);
 }

src/main.rs

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 // mod controlflow;
 // mod traits;
 // mod str_types;
-mod functions;
+// mod functions;
-// mod exercises;
+mod exercises;
 
 fn main() {
     // helloworld::hello_world_module();
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ fn main() {
     // controlflow::control_flow_module();
     //traits::traits_exercise();
     // str_types::str_types_module();
-    functions::functions_module();
+    // functions::functions_module();
-    // exercises::run_easy();
+    exercises::run_easy();
 }