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C Merge Sort

Roberto Fronteddu edited this page Apr 16, 2026 · 6 revisions

#include #include

// Merges two subarrays of array[]. // First subarray is arr[left..mid] // Second subarray is arr[mid+1..right] void merge(std::vector& arr, int left, int mid, int right) { int n1 = mid - left + 1; int n2 = right - mid;

// Create temporary vectors
std::vector<int> l(n1), r(n2);

// Copy data to temp vectors
for (int i = 0; i < n1; i++) l[i] = arr[left + i];
for (int j = 0; j < n2; j++) r[j] = arr[mid + 1 + j];

// Merge the temp vectors back into arr[left..right]
int i = 0, j = 0, k = left;
while (i < n1 && j < n2) {
    if (l[i] <= r[j]) {
        arr[k] = l[i];
        i++;
    } else {
        arr[k] = r[j];
        j++;
    }
    k++;
}

// Copy the remaining elements if any
while (i < n1) {
    arr[k] = l[i];
    i++;
    k++;
}

while (j < n2) {
    arr[k] = r[j];
    j++;
    k++;
}

}

void mergeSort(std::vector& arr, int left, int right) { if (left < right) { int mid = left + (right - left) / 2;

    // Sort first and second halves
    mergeSort(arr, left, mid);
    mergeSort(arr, mid + 1, right);

    // Merge the sorted halves
    merge(arr, left, mid, right);
}

}

int main() { std::vector data = {12, 11, 13, 5, 6, 7};

mergeSort(data, 0, data.size() - 1);

std::cout << "Sorted array: ";
for (int num : data) std::cout << num << " ";
return 0;

}

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