Questions tagged [mergesort]
For code that implements a merge sort or a significant part of it
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Queue-mergesort: a mergesort that does optimal number of comparisons in the worst case in Java
Here is the code for queue-mergesort by Mordecai J. Golin and Robert Sedgewick:
com.github.coderodde.util.QueueMergesort.java:
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Recursive merge sort in C
Here's my first program in C, which is not my first language.
I have been reading Modern C and I attempted this challenge on page 26. The prior pages are pretty much the only exposure I have had to C, ...
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Merge Sort with Minimum Sufficient Variables, Verbosity and better Space Complexity
The majority of merge sort implementations searched online are provided with unnecessary variables and code lines. Here is an attempt to reduce that. However, does passing back the subArray as return ...
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Destructive quick and merge sort
I've implemented a destructive merge and quick sort in common lisp, but the code feels verbose and highly imperative. I was wondering if anyone could offer guidance on idioms that could make the code ...
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C++ merge sort, logging, unit test, performance check
I wrote a merge sort implementation in C++ today in C++20 way.
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Adjusting heaps efficiently
Introduction and context
I am working on a small application which involves sorting 20GB files as one of the operations. This is being done, due to memory constraints, by breaking them into ~1GB ...
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C++ merge sort implementation (looking for advice)
I am trying to practice C++, so I decided to implement canonical algorithms in C++ as a way to learn best practices and idioms of the language.
I started with merge sort. How could I improve this ...
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Optimize mergesort algorithm
I just started Stanford Coursera algorithms course and I wrote this mergesort based on what was shown:
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Bottom-up merge sort
I think I programmed a bottom-up merge sort, but I'm a little sceptical that it will work under any data set. By now, I've tested it with many random arrays of massive lengths, and it seems to work; ...
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IOSP Kata: merge two sorted arrays without iterators
I wrote the code below as a Kata to practice the Integration Operation Segregation Principle (IOSP, clean-code-developers.com). I would like to have some feedback ...
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Comparison of 2 different ways of writing Merge Sort Algorithm
I have recently learned Merge Sort algorithm in C++ with 2 ways of writing it.
1st Way:
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Find Kth Element in the merged two sorted arrays?
We have been given two sorted arrays and a number K . We have to merge the two sorted arrays in the sorted manner and return the element at the Kth position.
My approach is to use two variables ...
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Parallezing merge step and divide step in mergesort algorithm with OpenMP
We wrote a code that parallelizes the divide phase of the mergesort algorithm. I.e. every recursive call is assigned to a thread but our teacher was disappointed because he said we should also ...
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Multi-threaded merge sort
Below is the code for merge sort using multithreading. Will this code run for large number of inputs? Does any other part of the code need changing?
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Merge Sort implementation is messy
I am using this merge sort function to sort table rows by Date, Letter, and Number. It works, but it is super messy and hard for others to read.
The dates are being sorted in two formats YYYY-MM-DD ...
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Trying for an efficient and readable merge-sort implementation
My first implementation of merge sort in C++.
I'm looking for any sort of optimization and/or conventional practice tips, such as using the appropriate data types and naming my variables appropriately....
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Merge Sort for Linked List Criticism in C
I previously implemented a Merge Sort for arrays, so after fixing up my code for the array-based merge sort I have now implemented a merge sort for a basic singly-linked list data structure which only ...
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Mergesort Criticism in C
I have written a merge sort in C and would like any advice on how to improve it. Any advice helps to make the code better!
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External sorting with async read and write
I wrote this code for a home task, and received some negative feedback. Though I really appreciated the reviewer, but I disagree when he said I use auto disorderly, ...
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Sorting Algorithm using Modified Merge sort
I've been messing around with merge sort. Instead of doing a recursive division of the array I chose to keep keep track of the middle index of every three numbers. Using the index of the middle number,...
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Hybrid Merge/Insertion sort algorithm
Explanation: Although merge sort runs in Ω(nlgn) and insertion sort runs in Ω(n^2), the constant factors in insertion sort can make it faster in implementation for small problem sizes. This sorting ...
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Python3 - merge sort, O(n) space efficiency
Any critique of my implementation of Merge sort would be much appreciated! I tested it using a driver function (shown below), and everything works. However, it still feels unwieldy, I am a beginner ...
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Mergesort in python
My mergesort implementation currently takes a very long time, for a list with 1 million elements it takes over 130 seconds to get the list sorted.
Could someone kindly have a look at my code and ...
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Mergesort (using vectors) and some questions about memory
Back from a long C++ hiatus. I thought to implement mergesort from memory, using containers and not based on CLRS's pseudocode and arrays. The compiles and runs ok on the test cases.
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HybridSort of QuickSort and MergeSort
I'll try to publish a paper about the programming language I've made (ArithmeticExpressionCompiler, short AEC) in Osječki Matematički List and, in order to demonstrate its usability for implementing ...
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How to merge two descending singly linkedlist into one ascending linkedlist using Recursion without any helper method?
Here is my solution:
I want to know if my solution fits the requirement 100%? Or if there is any better solution?
Constraint of the question:
must be singly linkedlist
must use recursion, and no ...
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Merge Sort using vector c++
I'm learning c++ and I know some algorithms and data structures. I was wondering what is the best way to do merge sort for a vector in c++.
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CLRS implementation (opportunity to sort subarray) of merge sort in golang
I'm reading "Introduction to Algorithms" by CLRS and I can't find an implementation of the pseudo code from the book in golang. By the original implementation I mean that we deal with extra parameters ...
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Merge Sort in C
I implemented mergesort in C as an exercise. I have two main questions:
Is the code future-proof?
2.1 Will I have problems modifying it to sort float and double?
2.2 What could be problematic for ...
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Return union and complement of three sets
I would be especially happy to hear opinions about complement_union.
The rest of the code is just there to test the output.
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C++ Merge Sort Algorithm
I have created this first-timer implementation of Merge Sort
and I got confused by the C++ syntax once or twice.
So I have some questions about this code:
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Parallel MergeSort in C++
I've tried to implement parallel MergeSort in C++, that also tracks how many comparisons it's made and how many threads it uses:
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Memory efficient way to merge multiple Pandas DataFrames [closed]
I am trying to merge multiple pandas data-frames that I read from a file.
Here is the function I wrote:
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Rust Iterative and Recursive Merge Sort Implementation
I'm in the process of learning both Rust and algorithms after primarily focusing on web development. As such I've had a go at implementing merge sort both iteratively and recursively.
I've looked for ...
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Merge Sort in Java with Test cases
I've become a bit rusty in Java. This is an attempt at brushing up my skills.
In computer science, merge sort is an efficient, general-purpose,
comparison-based sorting algorithm.
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Implemented command-line based merge-sort algorithm. How can I make the code efficient, robust, maintainable, secure?
This is follow up question regarding merge-sort implementation to the previous post.
Recently I have implemented a command-line argument based merge-sort sorting algorithm.
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Recursive Mergesort using goroutines
When learning a new language, one of my first tasks I like to go through is writing a few different sorting algorithms in that language to help familiarize myself with the syntax and see if there are ...
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Merge sort implementation in python 3
I have implemented a Merge sort in Python 3, and it works well. If anything needs to be improved, I would appreciate the criticism.
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Merge Sort from Scratch in Python
I built a merge sort in python just to have a more thorough understanding of how the algorithm works. What I have written works fine, but I assume there is room for improvement and ways to make my ...
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Iterative Merge Sort Algorithm (Python)
Merge Sort
Merge Sort algorithm is a general-purpose comparison-based sorting algorithm.
Most implementations produce a stable sort, in which the order of equal elements is preserved.
Here, our ...
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Recursive Merge Sort Algorithm (Python)
Merge Sort
Merge Sort algorithm is a general-purpose comparison-based sorting algorithm.
Most implementations produce a stable sort, in which the order of equal elements is preserved.
Just for ...
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Merge k sorted lists in Java
I hava a question similiar with mege in Python but I am trying to write Java code.
Here is my code:
The input is: The first line - a number of arrays (k); Each next line - the first number is the ...
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LeetCode: Merge k sorted lists C#
https://leetcode.com/problems/merge-k-sorted-lists/
Merge k sorted linked lists and return it as one sorted list. Analyze
and describe its complexity.
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MergeSort in Javascript
I implemented the following mergesort algorithm in JavaScript, but I want to know your opinion about if is possible to do better than this.
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Vector of numbers where merge sort is slow
I'm starting to study sorting algorithms in Python.
Merge Sort has a complexity at best and worst cases \$\mathcal{O}(n\log{}n)\$, I want generation a list where Merge Sort is slow but I would some ...
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C-based hash matching cracker
How can I improve this hash matching program using either abstraction or search/sort algorithms?
We briefly were introduced to searching methods such as bubble sort and merge sort, but I'm not sure ...
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What are the downsides of my Mergesort implementation?
Could I ask you to evaluate my implementation of mergesort?
I think that it's consistent with \$\mathcal{O}(n \log n)\$ complexity but has a downside that I create a new ...
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Merge sorted lists
I want to write a function that merges two sorted lists in Python 3.
For example:
>> merge_lists([2, 5, 9], [1, 6, 8, 10])
[1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10]
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