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Solution: Sort Colors

Understand how to efficiently sort an array representing colors with values 0, 1, and 2. Explore the Dutch National Flag algorithm that uses three pointers to partition the array in a single pass with constant space, making it ideal for coding interviews.

Statement

You are given an array nums of length n, where each element represents an object colored either red, white, or blue. The integers 01, and 2 are used to represent red, white, and blue, respectively.

Sort the array in place so that all objects of the same color are grouped together, arranged in the order: red (0), white (1), and blue (2).

You must solve this problem without using any library sort function.

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