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

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# Find the k-th smallest value in the array,
# see test/find_kth_test.rb
class FindKth
def initialize(array)
@array = array
end
def find(k)
raise 'out of bounds' if k >= @array.size
array = @array.dup
lo = 0
hi = array.length - 1
while lo < hi
j = partition(array, lo, hi)
if j < k
lo = j + 1
elsif j > k
hi = j - 1
else
return array[k]
end
end
return array[k]
end
private
def partition(array, lo, hi)
pivot = array[lo]
i = lo + 1
j = hi
loop do
i += 1 while (i != hi) && (pivot > array[i])
j -= 1 while (j != lo) && (pivot < array[j])
break if i >= j
array[i], array[j] = array[j], array[i]
end
array[lo], array[j] = array[j], array[lo]
j
end
end