/**
* @file
* @brief Quick Sort without recursion. This method uses the stack instead.
* Both recursive and iterative implementations have O(n log n) best case
* and O(n^2) worst case.
* @details
* https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12553238/quicksort-iterative-or-recursive
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quicksort
* https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/iterative-quick-sort/
* @author [Sebe324](https://github.com/sebe324)
*/
#include <iostream> /// for std::cout
#include <vector> /// for std::vector
#include <stack> /// for std::stack
#include <algorithm> /// for std::is_sorted
#include <cassert> /// for assert
/**
* @namespace sorting
* @brief Sorting algorithms
*/
namespace sorting {
/**
* @brief The partition function sorts the array from
* start to end and uses the last element as the pivot.
* @param arr the array to be sorted
* @param start starting index
* @param end ending index
* @return int next index of the pivot
*/
int partition(std::vector<int> &arr, int start, int end)
{
int pivot = arr[end];
int index = start - 1;
for (int j = start; j < end; j++) {
if (arr[j] <= pivot) {
std::swap(arr[++index], arr[j]);
}
}
std::swap(arr[index + 1], arr[end]);
return index + 1;
}
/**
* @brief The main sorting function
* @details The iterative quick sort uses
* the stack instead of recursion for saving
* and restoring the environment between calls.
* It does not need the end and start params, because
* it is not recursive.
* @param arr array to be sorted
* @return void
*/
void iterativeQuickSort(std::vector<int> &arr)
{
std::stack<int> stack;
int start = 0;
int end = arr.size()-1;
stack.push(start);
stack.push(end);
while(!stack.empty())
{
end = stack.top();
stack.pop();
start = stack.top();
stack.pop();
int pivotIndex = partition(arr,start,end);
if(pivotIndex -1 > start)
{
stack.push(start);
stack.push(pivotIndex-1);
}
if(pivotIndex+1<end)
{
stack.push(pivotIndex+1);
stack.push(end);
}
}
}
} // namespace sorting
/**
* @brief Self-test implementations
* @returns void
*/
void tests()
{
//TEST 1 - Positive numbers
std::vector<int> case1={100,534,1000000,553,10,61,2000,238,2756,9,12,56,30};
std::cout<<"TEST 1\n";
std::cout<<"Before: \n";
for(auto x : case1) std::cout<<x<<",";
std::cout<<"\n";
sorting::iterativeQuickSort(case1);
assert(std::is_sorted(std::begin(case1),std::end(case1)));
std::cout<<"Test 1 succesful!\n";
std::cout<<"After: \n";
for(auto x : case1) std::cout<<x<<",";
std::cout<<"\n";
//TEST 2 - Negative numbers
std::vector<int> case2={-10,-2,-5,-2,-3746,-785,-123, -452, -32456};
std::cout<<"TEST 2\n";
std::cout<<"Before: \n";
for(auto x : case2) std::cout<<x<<",";
std::cout<<"\n";
sorting::iterativeQuickSort(case2);
assert(std::is_sorted(std::begin(case2),std::end(case2)));
std::cout<<"Test 2 succesful!\n";
std::cout<<"After: \n";
for(auto x : case2) std::cout<<x<<",";
std::cout<<"\n";
}
/**
* @brief Main function
* @returns 0 on exit
*/
int main()
{
tests(); // run self test implementation
return 0;
}