/************************************************************************** * * nthelem.cpp - Example program for rearranging a collection based on nth * element. * * $Id: nthelem.cpp 550991 2007-06-26 23:58:07Z sebor $ * *************************************************************************** * * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed * with this work for additional information regarding copyright * ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache * License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file * except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of * the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or * implied. See the License for the specific language governing * permissions and limitations under the License. * * Copyright 1994-2006 Rogue Wave Software. * **************************************************************************/ #include // for swap #include // for vector #include // for cout, endl #include template void quik_sort (RandomAccessIterator beg, RandomAccessIterator end) { const long dist = long (end - beg); // Stop condition for recursion. if (dist > 2) { // Use nth_element to do all the work for quik_sort. std::nth_element (beg, beg + (dist / 2), end); // Recursive calls to each remaining unsorted portion. quik_sort (beg, beg + (dist / 2 - 1)); quik_sort (beg + (dist / 2 + 1), end); } else if (2 == dist && *(end - 1) < *beg) std::swap (beg, end); } int main () { typedef std::vector > Vector; // Initialize a vector using an array of integers. const Vector::value_type arr[] = { 37, 12, 2, -5, 14, 1, 0, -1, 14, 32 }; Vector v (arr, arr + sizeof arr / sizeof *arr); // Print the initial vector. std::cout << "The unsorted values are: \n "; for (Vector::iterator i = v.begin (); i != v.end (); ++i) std::cout << *i << ", "; std::cout << "\n\n"; // Use the new sort algorithm. quik_sort (v.begin (), v.end ()); // Output the sorted vector. std::cout << "The sorted values are: \n "; for (Vector::iterator j = v.begin (); j != v.end (); ++j) std::cout << *j << ", "; std::cout << "\n\n"; return 0; }