How many times is the swap function called in the insertion sort algorithm?

a. O(n)
b. O(n log n)
c. O(n^2)
d. O(n!)


a. O(n)
Since each element is inserted into its position once, the insertion sort uses the swap function once for each element in the array for a total of O(n) times.

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