SorterLook

A Python 3 package which renders visualizations of different sorting methods using curses and concurrent.futures.

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Example

A bubble sort visualization being performed.

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Getting Started

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/FFFFFF-base16/SorterLook

Run run.py with a -t (type) parameter of your choice: (See Compatibility for Windows)

python run.py -t bubble

The command above will visualize a bubble sort, as seen in the example image above.

A list of all supported file arguments:

Type	Function	Syntax Example
bubble	Perform a bubble sort.	python run.py -t bubble
insertion	Perform an insertion sort.	python run.py -t insertion
merge	Perform a merge sort.	python run.py -t merge

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Compatibility

SorterLook makes use of the curses module for Python in order to display screen output. For Linux systems, the program should work without any additional modules being installed, as curses is included with Python 3.

For Windows systems, the Windows curses module needs to be installed as curses is not officially supported by Windows:

pip install windows-curses

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Supported (or soon to be) sorting algorithms:

• Bubble Sort
• Insertion Sort
• Merge Sort (incomplete but operational)
• Quicksort (planned)
• Selection Sort (planned)

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References

• https://docs.python.org/3/library/curses.html
• https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/typing.html
• https://docs.python.org/3/library/concurrent.futures.html
• https://realpython.com/sorting-algorithms-python/