When will you sort an array of pointers to list elements, rather than sorting

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When will you sort an array of pointers to list elements,
rather than sorting the elements themselves?

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When will you sort an array of pointers to list elements, rather than sorting the elements themsel..

Answer / pavan

If the Data structures that we are sorting are big and
located at different places then I prefer sorting pointers
rather than data itself

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Answer / kumar gaurav

if the data structure is too large,and the pointers refer to
many data then if we sort pointers then,we can easily know
where to start at,it will be very beneficial,and sorting the
elements will take a much longer time,so sorting off
elements is not beneficial

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Answer / basav (shiv shankar)

It can be used when we store data elements at the bottom.
i.e., while storing data/records at the leaf level. Here we
generally store pointers in nodes in sorted order to make
sure the linear order of records.
Example, B+ trees.

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When will you sort an array of pointers to list elements, rather than sorting the elements themsel..

Answer / yenealem

using pointers makes easier data manipulation on data
structuring. Therefore, when one uses array of pointers in
sorting data makes data structuring easier.Furthermore,
When pointers are arranged in array they are easier for
arithmetic operation.

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When will you sort an array of pointers to list elements, rather than sorting the elements themsel..

Answer / prasad

when you are using linked lists for
storing the elements.

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