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sCreate pigeonhole_sort
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vaibhavpathak999 committed Oct 1, 2021
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#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

/* Sorts the array using pigeonhole algorithm */
void pigeonholeSort(int arr[], int n)
{
// Find minimum and maximum values in arr[]
int min = arr[0], max = arr[0];
for (int i = 1; i < n; i++)
{
if (arr[i] < min)
min = arr[i];
if (arr[i] > max)
max = arr[i];
}
int range = max - min + 1; // Find range

// Create an array of vectors. Size of array
// range. Each vector represents a hole that
// is going to contain matching elements.
vector<int> holes[range];

// Traverse through input array and put every
// element in its respective hole
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
holes[arr[i]-min].push_back(arr[i]);

// Traverse through all holes one by one. For
// every hole, take its elements and put in
// array.
int index = 0; // index in sorted array
for (int i = 0; i < range; i++)
{
vector<int>::iterator it;
for (it = holes[i].begin(); it != holes[i].end(); ++it)
arr[index++] = *it;
}
}

// Driver program to test the above function
int main()
{
int arr[] = {8, 3, 2, 7, 4, 6, 8};
int n = sizeof(arr)/sizeof(arr[0]);

pigeonholeSort(arr, n);

printf("Sorted order is : ");
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
printf("%d ", arr[i]);

return 0;
}

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