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+package Sorting;
+
+public class WordQuickSorterThreeWay extends WordQuickSorter {
+    
+    public WordQuickSorterThreeWay(RandomWordFileReader reader) {
+        super("quick sort (3-way partition)", reader);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    void quickSort(int lowIndex, int highIndex) {
+        if (compare(lowIndex, highIndex)<0) {
+            String pivot = words[highIndex];
+            int lessThan = lowIndex;
+            int greaterThan = highIndex;
+            int i = greaterThan - 1;
+            while(i >= lessThan) {
+                int comp = compare(words[i], pivot);
+                if(comp > 0) {
+                    swap(words, i, greaterThan);
+                    i--;
+                    greaterThan--;
+                } else if(comp < 0) {
+                    swap(words, i, lessThan);
+                    lessThan++;
+                } else {
+                    i--;
+                }
+            }
+            quickSort(lowIndex, lessThan-1);
+            quickSort(greaterThan+1, highIndex);
+        }
+    }
+
+
+}
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