Sorting algorithms/Gnome sort
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Sorting Algorithm
This is a sorting algorithm. It may be applied to a set of data in order to sort it.
For comparing various sorts, see compare sorts.
For other sorting algorithms, see sorting algorithms, or:
Heap sort | Merge sort | Patience sort | Quick sort
O(n log2n) sorts
Shell Sort
O(n2) sorts
Bubble sort |
Cocktail sort |
Cocktail sort with shifting bounds |
Comb sort |
Cycle sort |
Gnome sort |
Insertion sort |
Selection sort |
Strand sort
other sorts
Bead sort |
Bogo sort |
Common sorted list |
Composite structures sort |
Custom comparator sort |
Counting sort |
Disjoint sublist sort |
External sort |
Jort sort |
Lexicographical sort |
Natural sorting |
Order by pair comparisons |
Order disjoint list items |
Order two numerical lists |
Object identifier (OID) sort |
Pancake sort |
Quickselect |
Permutation sort |
Radix sort |
Ranking methods |
Remove duplicate elements |
Sleep sort |
Stooge sort |
[Sort letters of a string] |
Three variable sort |
Topological sort |
Tree sort
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Gnome sort is a sorting algorithm which is similar to Insertion sort, except that moving an element to its proper place is accomplished by a series of swaps, as in Bubble sort.
The pseudocode for the algorithm is:
function gnomeSort(a[0..size-1]) {
i := 1
j := 2
while i < size
if a[i-1] <= a[i] # for descending sort, reverse the comparison to >=
i := j
j := j + 1
else
swap a[i-1] and a[i]
i := i - 1
if i = 0
i := j
j := j + 1
}
Task: implement the Gnome sort in your language to sort an array (or list) of numbers.
C
This algorithm sorts in place modifying the passed array (of n integer numbers).
<lang c>#define swap_(I,J) do { int t_; t_ = a[(I)]; \
a[(I)] = a[(J)]; a[(J)] = t_; } while(0)
void gnome_sort(int *a, int n) {
int i=1, j=2;
while(i < n) {
if ( a[i-1] <= a[i] ) {
i = j; j++;
} else {
swap_(i-1, i);
i--;
i = (i==0) ? 1 : i;
}
}
}
- undef swap_</lang>