programming-examples/java/Data_Structures/Quick3way.java

 

import edu.princeton.cs.introcs.StdIn;
import edu.princeton.cs.introcs.StdOut;
import edu.princeton.cs.introcs.StdRandom;

/*************************************************************************
 *  Compilation:  javac Quick3way.java
 *  Execution:    java Quick3way < input.txt
 *  Dependencies: StdOut.java StdIn.java
 *  Data files:   http://algs4.cs.princeton.edu/23quicksort/tiny.txt
 *                http://algs4.cs.princeton.edu/23quicksort/words3.txt
 *   
 *  Sorts a sequence of strings from standard input using 3-way quicksort.
 *   
 *  % more tiny.txt
 *  S O R T E X A M P L E
 *
 *  % java Quick3way < tiny.txt
 *  A E E L M O P R S T X                 [ one string per line ]
 *    
 *  % more words3.txt
 *  bed bug dad yes zoo ... all bad yet
 *  
 *  % java Quick3way < words3.txt
 *  all bad bed bug dad ... yes yet zoo    [ one string per line ]
 *
 *************************************************************************/

/**
 *  The  Quick3way  class provides static methods for sorting an
 *  array using quicksort with 3-way partitioning.
 *   
 *  For additional documentation, see <a href="http://algs4.cs.princeton.edu/21elementary">Section 2.1</a> of
 *   Algorithms, 4th Edition  by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne.
 *
 *  @author Robert Sedgewick
 *  @author Kevin Wayne
 */
public class Quick3way {

    // This class should not be instantiated.
    private Quick3way() { }

    /**
     * Rearranges the array in ascending order, using the natural order.
     * @param a the array to be sorted
     */
    public static void sort(Comparable[] a) {
        StdRandom.shuffle(a);
        sort(a, 0, a.length - 1);
        assert isSorted(a);
    }

    // quicksort the subarray a[lo .. hi] using 3-way partitioning
    private static void sort(Comparable[] a, int lo, int hi) { 
        if (hi <= lo) return;
        int lt = lo, gt = hi;
        Comparable v = a[lo];
        int i = lo;
        while (i <= gt) {
            int cmp = a[i].compareTo(v);
            if      (cmp < 0) exch(a, lt++, i++);
            else if (cmp > 0) exch(a, i, gt--);
            else              i++;
        }

        // a[lo..lt-1] < v = a[lt..gt] < a[gt+1..hi]. 
        sort(a, lo, lt-1);
        sort(a, gt+1, hi);
        assert isSorted(a, lo, hi);
    }



   /***********************************************************************
    *  Helper sorting functions
    ***********************************************************************/
    
    // is v < w ?
    private static boolean less(Comparable v, Comparable w) {
        return (v.compareTo(w) < 0);
    }

    // does v == w ?
    private static boolean eq(Comparable v, Comparable w) {
        return (v.compareTo(w) == 0);
    }
        
    // exchange a[i] and a[j]
    private static void exch(Object[] a, int i, int j) {
        Object swap = a[i];
        a[i] = a[j];
        a[j] = swap;
    }


   /***********************************************************************
    *  Check if array is sorted - useful for debugging
    ***********************************************************************/
    private static boolean isSorted(Comparable[] a) {
        return isSorted(a, 0, a.length - 1);
    }

    private static boolean isSorted(Comparable[] a, int lo, int hi) {
        for (int i = lo + 1; i <= hi; i++)
            if (less(a[i], a[i-1])) return false;
        return true;
    }



    // print array to standard output
    private static void show(Comparable[] a) {
        for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
            StdOut.println(a[i]);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Reads in a sequence of strings from standard input; 3-way
     * quicksorts them; and prints them to standard output in ascending order. 
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String[] a = StdIn.readAllStrings();
        Quick3way.sort(a);
        show(a);
    }

}