/** * \addtogroup sorting Sorting Algorithms * @{ * \file * \brief [Merege Sort Algorithm * (MEREGE SORT)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merge_sort) implementation * * \author [Ayaan Khan](http://github.com/ayaankhan98) * * \details * Merge Sort is an efficient, general purpose, comparison * based sorting algorithm. * Merge Sort is a divide and conquer algorithm * */ #include /** * * The merge() function is used for merging two halves. * The merge(arr, l, m, r) is key process that assumes that * arr[l..m] and arr[m+1..r] are sorted and merges the two * sorted sub-arrays into one. * * @param arr - array with two halves arr[l...m] and arr[m+1...l] * @param l - left index or start index of first half array * @param m - right index or end index of first half array * * (The second array starts form m+1 and goes till l) * * @param l - end index or right index of second half array */ void merge(int *arr, int l, int m, int r) { int i, j, k; int n1 = m - l + 1; int n2 = r - m; int *L = new int[n1], *R = new int[n2]; for (i = 0; i < n1; i++) L[i] = arr[l + i]; for (j = 0; j < n2; j++) R[j] = arr[m + 1 + j]; i = 0; j = 0; k = l; while (i < n1 && j < n2) { if (L[i] <= R[j]) { arr[k] = L[i]; i++; } else { arr[k] = R[j]; j++; } k++; } while (i < n1) { arr[k] = L[i]; i++; k++; } while (j < n2) { arr[k] = R[j]; j++; k++; } delete[] L; delete[] R; } /** * Merge sort is a divide and conquer algorithm, it divides the * input array into two halves and calls itself for the two halves * and then calls merge() to merge the two halves * * @param arr - array to be sorted * @param l - left index or start index of array * @param r - right index or end index of array * */ void mergeSort(int *arr, int l, int r) { if (l < r) { int m = l + (r - l) / 2; mergeSort(arr, l, m); mergeSort(arr, m + 1, r); merge(arr, l, m, r); } } /** * Utility function used to print the array after * sorting */ void show(int *arr, int size) { for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) std::cout << arr[i] << " "; std::cout << "\n"; } /** Main function */ int main() { int size; std::cout << "Enter the number of elements : "; std::cin >> size; int *arr = new int[size]; std::cout << "Enter the unsorted elements : "; for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i) { std::cin >> arr[i]; } mergeSort(arr, 0, size - 1); std::cout << "Sorted array : "; show(arr, size); delete[] arr; return 0; } /** @} */