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Javascript merge sort
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function ScriptoniteSort() { | |
this.arr = []; | |
} | |
ScriptoniteSort.prototype = { | |
/* | |
other code goes here | |
*/ | |
//split the datalist recursively | |
mergeSplit: function(datalist) { | |
if (datalist.length === 1) return datalist; | |
var dataLength = datalist.length, | |
middle = Math.floor(dataLength / 2), | |
leftArray = datalist.slice(0, middle), | |
rightArray = datalist.slice(middle); | |
return this.merge(this.mergeSplit(leftArray), this.mergeSplit(rightArray)); | |
}, | |
//take two datalists and merge them into one sorted list | |
merge: function(left, right){ | |
//store sorted result here | |
var results = []; | |
while(left.length && right.length) { | |
var currentMin; | |
//we compare the two arrays and strip out the minimum of first items | |
if(left[0] < right[0]) { | |
currentMin = left.shift(); | |
} else { | |
currentMin = right.shift(); | |
} | |
results.push(currentMin); | |
} | |
if(left.length) { | |
results = results.concat(left); | |
} else { | |
results = results.concat(right); | |
} | |
//return the entire array to caller | |
return results; | |
}, | |
mergeSort: function(datalist) { | |
//store the results | |
var results = this.mergeSplit(datalist); | |
console.log("----> " + results); | |
} | |
}; | |
var myArr = [9, 11, 5, 1, 7, 2, 15, 1, 8, 6]; | |
//var myArr = [1, 7, 4, 0, 5, 3]; | |
//var myArr = [64, 25, 12, 22, 11]; | |
var collection = new ScriptoniteSort(); | |
collection.mergeSort(myArr); |
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