programming-examples/ruby/Algorithms/quick3way_sort.rb
2019-11-15 12:59:38 +01:00

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# Quick 3-way sort version,
# to protect against the worst case an array should be shuffled before,
# see examples in test/quick3way_sort_test.rb
class Quick3way
def initialize(array)
@array = array
end
def sort
sort3way(@array, 0, @array.length - 1)
@array
end
private
def sort3way(array, lo, hi)
return if lo >= hi
pivot = array[lo]
gt = hi
lt = lo
i = lo + 1
while i <= gt
if array[i] < pivot
array[i], array[lt] = array[lt], array[i]
lt += 1
i += 1
elsif array[i] > pivot
array[i], array[gt] = array[gt], array[i]
gt -= 1
else
i += 1
end
end
sort3way(array, lo, lt - 1)
sort3way(array, gt + 1, hi)
end
end