Database System Concepts
Database System Concepts
7th Edition
ISBN: 9780078022159
Author: Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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#### Part 1

Write a Python function (`insertion_sort`) that implements the insertion sort algorithm, discussed in the lectures.

This function will take exactly one list argument, and will return a list. The argument (`values`) is a list of integers to be sorted. You will return a new list which has been sorted in ascending order.

Below, you will find some code to test your insertion sort:

```python
unsorted = [4,3,7,1,8,2]
sorted = insertion_sort(unsorted)
print(sorted)
```
#### Part 2

Modify your `insertion_sort` function to count the number of comparisons (==, <, <=, >, or >=). The function will now return both the number of comparisons made and the sorted list (in that order).

_**Note:** For simplicity, since counting these comparisons won't improve the accuracy of your count very much, we'll ignore the comparisons made in the final iteration of the loop. One or both of these comparisons may actually be made, so determining the exact number of comparisons would be more challenging. Thus, you can just count the comparisons made within the body of the loop._

The code below calls your function, and creates a simple ASCII bar chart of the number of comparisons (divided by 10, to account for small differences):

```python
max_elements = 30
for length in range(1, max_elements):
unsorted = list(range(length, 0, -1))
sorted, num_comparisons = insertion_sort(unsorted)

print(f'{num_comparisons:03d}', '*' * (num_comparisons // 10))
```

The output of the test code has been provided, below:

```
000
002
006
012 *
020 **
030 ***
042 ****
056 *****
072 *******
090 *********
110 ***********
132 *************
156 ***************
182 ******************
210 *********************
240 ************************
272 ***************************
306 ******************************
342 **********************************
380 **************************************
420 ******************************************
462 **********************************************
506 **************************************************
552 *******************************************************
600 ************************************************************
650 *****************************************************************
702 **********************************************************************
756 ***************************************************************************
812 *********************************************************************************
```
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