Test Your Knowledge

You’ve learned insertion sort. Let’s see how well you understand it.

Knowledge Check Quiz

Coding Challenge

Implement insertion sort:

Key Takeaways

You’ve mastered:

✅ Insertion Sort Algorithm: Pick, compare, shift, insert
✅ Implementation: Nested loops with shifting
✅ Complexity: O(n) best, O(n²) worst/average, O(1) space
✅ Characteristics: Stable, adaptive, in-place
✅ When to Use: Small datasets, nearly sorted arrays

What You Can Build Now

With insertion sort knowledge, you can:

• Sort small datasets efficiently
• Understand adaptive sorting algorithms
• Implement stable sorting
• Build hybrid sorting algorithms
• Optimize for nearly sorted data

Next Steps

• Practice with more sorting problems
• Learn faster algorithms (quicksort, mergesort)
• Study hybrid algorithms (Timsort)
• Explore optimization techniques

Great job completing this tutorial!