/**
* @file
* @brief Implementation of the [Selection
* sort](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selection_sort)
* implementation using recursion
* @details
* The selection sort algorithm divides the input list into two parts: a sorted
* sublist of items which is built up from left to right at the front (left) of
* the list, and a sublist of the remaining unsorted items that occupy the rest
* of the list. Initially, the sorted sublist is empty, and the unsorted sublist
* is the entire input list. The algorithm proceeds by finding the smallest (or
* largest, depending on the sorting order) element in the unsorted sublist,
* exchanging (swapping) it with the leftmost unsorted element (putting it in
* sorted order), and moving the sublist boundaries one element to the right.
*
* ### Implementation
* FindMinIndex
* This function finds the minimum element of the array(list) recursively by
* simply comparing the minimum element of array reduced size by 1 and compares
* it to the last element of the array to find the minimum of the whole array.
*
* SelectionSortRecursive
* Just like selection sort, it divides the list into two parts (i.e.: sorted
* and unsorted) and finds the minimum of the unsorted array. By calling the
* `FindMinIndex` function, it swaps the minimum element with the first element
* of the list, and then solves recursively for the remaining unsorted list.
* @author [Tushar Khanduri](https://github.com/Tushar-K24)
*/
#include <algorithm> /// for std::is_sorted
#include <cassert> /// for assert
#include <cstdint>
#include <iostream> /// for std::swap and io operations
#include <vector> /// for std::vector
/**
* @namespace sorting
* @brief Sorting algorithms
*/
namespace sorting {
/**
* @namespace selection_sort_recursive
* @brief Functions for the [Selection
* sort](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selection_sort)
* implementation using recursion
*/
namespace selection_sort_recursive {
/**
* @brief The main function finds the index of the minimum element
* @tparam T type of array
* @param in_arr array whose minimum element is to be returned
* @param current_position position/index from where the in_arr starts
* @returns index of the minimum element
*/
template <typename T>
uint64_t findMinIndex(const std::vector<T> &in_arr,
uint64_t current_position = 0) {
if (current_position + 1 == in_arr.size()) {
return current_position;
}
uint64_t answer = findMinIndex(in_arr, current_position + 1);
if (in_arr[current_position] < in_arr[answer]) {
answer = current_position;
}
return answer;
}
/**
* @brief The main function implements Selection sort
* @tparam T type of array
* @param in_arr array to be sorted,
* @param current_position position/index from where the in_arr starts
* @returns void
*/
template <typename T>
void selectionSortRecursive(std::vector<T> &in_arr,
uint64_t current_position = 0) {
if (current_position == in_arr.size()) {
return;
}
uint64_t min_element_idx =
selection_sort_recursive::findMinIndex(in_arr, current_position);
if (min_element_idx != current_position) {
std::swap(in_arr[min_element_idx], in_arr[current_position]);
}
selectionSortRecursive(in_arr, current_position + 1);
}
} // namespace selection_sort_recursive
} // namespace sorting
/**
* @brief Self-test implementations
* @returns void
*/
static void test() {
// 1st test
// [1, 0, 2, 1] return [0, 1, 1, 2]
std::vector<uint64_t> array1 = {0, 1, 1, 2};
std::cout << "1st test... ";
sorting::selection_sort_recursive::selectionSortRecursive(array1);
assert(std::is_sorted(std::begin(array1), std::end(array1)));
std::cout << "passed" << std::endl;
// 2nd test
// [1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 2, 1] return [0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2]
std::vector<uint64_t> array2 = {1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 2, 1};
std::cout << "2nd test... ";
sorting::selection_sort_recursive::selectionSortRecursive(array2);
assert(std::is_sorted(std::begin(array2), std::end(array2)));
std::cout << "passed" << std::endl;
// 3rd test
// [1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 2, 2, 0, 2, 1] return [0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2]
std::vector<uint64_t> array3 = {1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 2, 2, 0, 2, 1};
std::cout << "3rd test... ";
sorting::selection_sort_recursive::selectionSortRecursive(array3);
assert(std::is_sorted(std::begin(array3), std::end(array3)));
std::cout << "passed" << std::endl;
// 4th test
// [2, 2, 2, 0, 0, 1, 1] return [0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2]
std::vector<uint64_t> array4 = {2, 2, 2, 0, 0, 1, 1};
std::cout << "4th test... ";
sorting::selection_sort_recursive::selectionSortRecursive(array4);
assert(std::is_sorted(std::begin(array4), std::end(array4)));
std::cout << "passed" << std::endl;
}
/**
* @brief Main function
* @returns 0 on exit
*/
int main() {
test(); // run self-test implementations
return 0;
}