--- title: 5 Sorting Algorithms Every Programmer Should Know description: 5 Sorting Algorithms Every Programmer Should Know. Insertion, selection, bubble, merge, and quick sort. A sorting algorithm is used to rearrange a given array... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/5-sorting-algorithms-every-programmer-should-know-efpywamdv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 5 Sorting Algorithms Every Programmer Should Know | daily.dev og:description: 5 Sorting Algorithms Every Programmer Should Know. Insertion, selection, bubble, merge, and quick sort. A sorting algorithm is used to rearrange a given array... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/5-sorting-algorithms-every-programmer-should-know-efpywamdv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/EFPywAMDv.png og:image:alt: 5 Sorting Algorithms Every Programmer Should Know og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 5 Sorting Algorithms Every Programmer Should Know **[Better Programming](https://daily.dev/sources/btrprog)** · 11 min read · 36 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary 5 Sorting Algorithms Every Programmer Should Know. Insertion, selection, bubble, merge, and quick sort. A sorting algorithm is used to rearrange a given array or list of elements as per the comparison operator on the element. For a complete Data Structures and Algorithm cheatsheet, fork this GitHub repo. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@malek\_smida** · 2 upvotes > 1- Insertion Sort > 2- Selection Sort > 3- Bubble Sort > 4- Merge Sort > 5- Quick Sort **@ghost** · 0 upvotes > Great! 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