Optimized Bubble Sort (Java)

Question

I would like to know how else I can optimize bubble sort so that it overlooks elements that have already been sorted, even after the first pass.

Eg. [4, 2, 3         


        

Answer 1

I devised a method that reduces the number of iterations by excluding parts at the beginning and end of the array that have been ordered in previous loops.

static int[] BubbleSortOptimized(int arr[]) {
    int start = 0, stop = arr.length - 1, control = 0;
    boolean ordered, nsCaught;
    while (true){
        ordered = true;
        nsCaught = false;
        for (int i = start; i < stop; i++) {
            if (i > 1) {
                if (!nsCaught && arr[i-2] > arr[i-1]){
                    ordered = false;
                    start = i-2;
                    nsCaught = true;
                }
            }
            if (arr[i] > arr[i+1]){
                int hold = arr[i];
                arr[i] = arr[i+1];
                arr[i+1] = hold;
                control = i;
            }
        }
        System.out.println(Arrays.toString(arr));
        if (ordered) return arr;
        stop = control;
    }
}

But as @Daniel Fischer said in an earlier answer, it doesn't do a lot with larger arrays.