Test Your Knowledge

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

Knowledge Check Quiz

Coding Challenge

Implement selection sort:

Key Takeaways

You’ve mastered:

✅ Selection Sort Algorithm: Find minimum, swap, repeat
✅ Implementation: Nested loops with minimum finding
✅ Complexity: O(n²) time, O(1) space
✅ Characteristics: Few swaps, not stable, always O(n²)
✅ When to Use: Educational, small datasets, minimal swaps needed

What You Can Build Now

With selection sort knowledge, you can:

• Understand sorting fundamentals
• Implement simple sorting
• Appreciate why better algorithms exist
• Solve basic sorting problems
• Build intuition for algorithm analysis

Next Steps

• Practice with more sorting problems
• Learn faster algorithms (quicksort, mergesort)
• Study algorithm analysis techniques
• Explore other O(n²) sorting algorithms

Great job completing this tutorial!