How does Quick Sort select the pivot element in its partitioning process?
- Always chooses the middle element
- Picks the largest element
- Randomly from the array
- Selects the first element
Quick Sort selects the pivot element randomly from the array during its partitioning process. This random selection helps avoid worst-case scenarios and improves the average performance of the algorithm.
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