RosettaCodeData/Task/Quickselect-algorithm/Ruby/quickselect-algorithm.rb

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Ruby

def quickselect(a, k)
arr = a.dup # we will be modifying it
loop do
pivot = arr.delete_at(rand(arr.length))
left, right = arr.partition { |x| x < pivot }
if k == left.length
return pivot
elsif k < left.length
arr = left
else
k = k - left.length - 1
arr = right
end
end
end
v = [9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4]
p v.each_index.map { |i| quickselect(v, i) }