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Solution: Sort Colors

Explore the two pointers technique to efficiently sort an array containing three colors represented by 0, 1, and 2. Understand the algorithm that sorts the array in a single traversal without extra space, focusing on swapping elements and pointer adjustments. Learn to implement the Dutch National Flag algorithm for effective code interview solutions.

Statement

Given an array, colors, which contains a combination of the following three elements:

  • 0 (Representing red)

  • 1 (Representing white)

  • 2 (Representing blue)

Sort the array in place so that the elements of the same color are adjacent, and the final order is: red (0), then white (1), and then blue (2).

Note: You are not allowed to use any built-in sorting functions. The goal is to solve this efficiently without extra space.

Constraints:

  • nn ==== colors.length

  • 11 \leq ...