Sort[A: Seq[B] ref, B: Comparable[B] #read]¶
Implementation of dual-pivot quicksort. It operates in-place on the provided Seq, using a small amount of additional memory. The nature of the element-realation is expressed via the supplied comparator.
(The following is paraphrased from Wikipedia.)
Quicksort is a common implementation of a sort algorithm which can sort items of any type for which a "less-than" relation (formally, a total order) is defined.
On average, the algorithm takes O(n log n) comparisons to sort n items. In the worst case, it makes O(n2) comparisons, though this behavior is rare. Multi-pivot implementations (of which dual-pivot is one) make efficient use of modern processor caches.
Example program¶
The following takes an reverse-alphabetical array of Strings ("third", "second", "first"), and sorts it in place alphabetically using the default String Comparator.
It outputs:
first second third
use "collections"
actor Main
new create(env:Env) =>
let array = [ "third"; "second"; "first" ]
let sorted_array = Sort[Array[String], String](array)
for e in sorted_array.values() do
env.out.print(e) // prints "first \n second \n third"
end
```
```pony
primitive val Sort[A: Seq[B] ref, B: Comparable[B] #read]
Constructors¶
create¶
new val create()
: Sort[A, B] val^
Returns¶
- Sort[A, B] val^
Public Functions¶
apply¶
Sort the given seq.
fun box apply(
a: A)
: A^
Parameters¶
- a: A
Returns¶
- A^
eq¶
fun box eq(
that: Sort[A, B] val)
: Bool val
Parameters¶
- that: Sort[A, B] val
Returns¶
- Bool val
ne¶
fun box ne(
that: Sort[A, B] val)
: Bool val
Parameters¶
- that: Sort[A, B] val
Returns¶
- Bool val