Dsa Sort Heap

In this tutorial, you'll learn about How to Fix Heap Sort Errors. We cover key concepts, practical examples, and best practices.

Fix heap sort errors when heapify doesn't maintain heap property or extract logic corrupts heap.

Quick Fix

Wrong

def hs(a):
    import heapq
    heapq.heapify(a)
    return [heapq.heappop(a) for _ in range(len(a))]

Uses extra O(n) space for result list.

Right

def heapify(a,n,i):
    l=i*2+1; r=i*2+2; lg=i
    if l<n and a[l]>a[lg]: lg=l
    if r<n and a[r]>a[lg]: lg=r
    if lg!=i: a[i],a[lg]=a[lg],a[i]; heapify(a,n,lg)
def hs(a):
    n=len(a)
    for i in range(n//2-1,-1,-1): heapify(a,n,i)
    for i in range(n-1,0,-1):
        a[0],a[i]=a[i],a[0]
        heapify(a,i,0)
    return a

[12,11,13,5,6,7] -> [5,6,7,11,12,13]. O(n log n), O(1) space.

Prevention

Build max-heap with bottom-up heapify. Repeatedly swap root (max) with last element, sift down.

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