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## quickselect [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/mourner/quickselect.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/mourner/quickselect)
A tiny and fast [selection algorithm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selection_algorithm) in JavaScript
(specifically, [Floyd-Rivest selection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd%E2%80%93Rivest_algorithm)).
```js
quickselect(array, k[, left, right, compareFn]);
```
Rearranges items so that all items in the `[left, k]` are the smallest.
The `k`-th element will have the `(k - left + 1)`-th smallest value in `[left, right]`.
- `array`: the array to partially sort (in place)
- `k`: middle index for partial sorting (as defined above)
- `left`: left index of the range to sort (`0` by default)
- `right`: right index (last index of the array by default)
- `compareFn`: compare function
Example:
```js
var arr = [65, 28, 59, 33, 21, 56, 22, 95, 50, 12, 90, 53, 28, 77, 39];
quickselect(arr, 8);
// arr is [39, 28, 28, 33, 21, 12, 22, 50, 53, 56, 59, 65, 90, 77, 95]
// ^^ middle index
```