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 # assignment_sort
 Insertion and Merge Sort assignment
+
+Alexa Anderson
+
+Catherine Kwak
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diff --git a/bubble.rb b/bubble.rb
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+def bubble_sort(arr)
+  begin
+    swapped = false
+    swapped = compare(arr, swapped)
+  end until swapped == false
+  arr
+end
+
+def compare(arr, swapped)
+  (arr.length - 1).times do |i|
+    if arr[i] > arr[i+1]
+      arr[i], arr[i+1] = arr[i+1], arr[i] 
+      swapped = true
+    end
+  end
+  swapped
+end
+
+p bubble_sort( [1,3,7,2,5] )
diff --git a/insertion.rb b/insertion.rb
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+def insert_sort(array)
+  (array.length - 1).times do |index|
+    insert(array, index, array[index + 1])
+  end
+
+  array
+end
+
+def insert(array, right_index, value)
+  i = right_index
+  while(i >= 0 && array[i] > value)
+    array[i+1] = array[i]
+    i -= 1
+  end
+
+  array[i+1] = value;
+end
+
+p insert_sort([4, 1, 8, 11, 3, 2, 10])
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diff --git a/merge.rb b/merge.rb
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+def merge_sort(arr)
+  return arr if arr.length == 1
+
+  midpoint = arr.length / 2
+  left = arr[0..midpoint - 1]
+  right = arr[midpoint..-1]
+
+  merge(merge_sort(left), merge_sort(right))
+end
+
+
+def merge(left, right)
+  merged_arr = []
+
+  until left.empty? && right.empty?
+
+    left_value = left[0]
+    right_value = right[0]
+
+    # create an index variable that keeps track of the position of the compared values in the original lef and right array
+
+    if left_value && (right.empty? || left[0] <= right[0])
+      merged_arr << left_value
+      left = left[1..-1]
+      left_value = left[0]
+    elsif right_value && (left.empty? || left[0] >= right[0])
+      merged_arr << right_value
+      right = right[1..-1]
+      right_value = right[0]
+    end
+
+  end
+
+  merged_arr
+end
+
+p merge_sort([4, 1, 8, 11, 3, 2, 10])