In this code, the quick_sort function is a recursive implementation of the Quick Sort algorithm. The pivot element is chosen as the first element of the array, and elements are partitioned into two sub-arrays (left and right) based on their relationship to the pivot. The function is then called recursively on the left and right sub-arrays until the entire array is sorted.
Timers allow you to execute one event in the future. You tell the timer how long you want to wait and it provides a channel to be notified at that time. The first timer will wait for 3 seconds. <-firstTimer.C blocks the timer C channel until a message (current time) is sent indicating that the timer has expired. If you just want to wait, you can use time.Sleep. One reason a timer can be useful is that you can cancel the timer before it expires. The first timer expires 3s after the program starts, but the second is stopped before it expires.
Binary Search is a searching algorithm for finding an element's position in a sorted array. In this approach, the element is always searched in the middle of a portion of an array.
The binary search algorithm employs a divide-and-conquer approach to locate an item within a sorted array or list. It begins by comparing the target value to the middle element of the array. If they are not identical, the algorithm eliminates the half of the array where the target cannot reside and proceeds the search on the remaining half. This process iterates, with each step narrowing down the search range until the target value is discovered. If the search concludes with an empty remaining half, it indicates that the target is not present in the array.
Basic HTTP server using the net/http package. In the realm of net/http servers, a crucial concept involves handlers. These handlers implement http.Handler interface. A common method for creating a handler is to use http.HandlerFunc, applied to functions that have the required signature. Handlers receive a http.ResponseWriter and a http.Request as parameters. The response writer is employed to populate the HTTP response. Handlers can be registered on server routes by the http.HandleFunc function. This function configures the default router in the net/http package and accepts a function as its parameter. To start the http server, ListenAndServe is called with the specified port and handler. Passing nil as a second paramenter indicates using the default router we recently configured.
Channels can be used to synchronize execution between goroutines. Here is an example of using a channel to wait for a goroutine to complete.