To Sort an Array of Objects, You Need to Define

question 15

Multiple Choice

To sort an array of objects, you need to define a comparison function. The comparison function:

• A) uses lexicographical ordering to perform the sort operation.
• B) uses standard numerical ordering to perform the sort operation.
• C) receives two elements from the array and returns a negative number, zero, or a positive number.
• D) receives two elements from the array and returns true if the two elements should be swapped.

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Definitions:

Overall Set

The complete or total collection of elements, items, or objects under consideration.

Anchoring

The tendency people have to unconsciously base, or “anchor,” the valuation of an item they are currently thinking about on recently considered but logically irrelevant information.

Irrelevant Information

Information that has no bearing on the decisions being made, providing no value to the decision-making process.

Anchoring

A cognitive bias that describes the human tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information offered when making decisions.