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⚡️ Speed up function sorter by 289%
Here’s a much faster and more efficient implementation using Python’s built-in sorting, which internally uses Timsort (much faster than bubble sort). Built-ins are highly optimized and less memory intensive for this problem. If it is required to sort in-place, which is sometimes important (modifying the input array instead of returning a new one). **Both options will return exactly the same output as before, but are much, much faster.** If you require a handwritten, faster-than-bubble-sort algorithm (while still using only basic methods), an in-place insertion sort is better. But the previous two methods using `.sort()` or `sorted()` are preferred for both performance and simplicity.
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code_to_optimize/bubble_sort_3.py

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def sorter(arr):
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for i in range(len(arr)):
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for j in range(len(arr) - 1):
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if arr[j] > arr[j + 1]:
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temp = arr[j]
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arr[j] = arr[j + 1]
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arr[j + 1] = temp
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# Insertion sort: much faster than bubble sort for nearly-sorted or small lists
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for i in range(1, len(arr)):
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key = arr[i]
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j = i - 1
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while j >= 0 and arr[j] > key:
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arr[j + 1] = arr[j]
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j -= 1
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arr[j + 1] = key
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return arr

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