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Sorting algorithms/Stooge sort
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Task

Show the   Stooge Sort   for an array of integers.


The Stooge Sort algorithm is as follows: 

algorithm stoogesort(array L, i = 0, j = length(L)-1)
     if L[j] < L[i] then
         L[i] ↔ L[j]
     if j - i > 1 then
         t := (j - i + 1)/3
         stoogesort(L, i  , j-t)
         stoogesort(L, i+t, j  )
         stoogesort(L, i  , j-t)
     return L



Ada

Using slices and 'First / 'Last removes the need for I / J parameters.

<lang Ada>with Ada.Text_IO; procedure Stooge is 

  type Integer_Array is array (Positive range <>) of Integer;
  procedure Swap (Left, Right : in out Integer) is
     Temp : Integer := Left;
  begin
     Left  := Right;
     Right := Temp;
  end Swap;
  procedure Stooge_Sort (List : in out Integer_Array) is
     T : Natural := List'Length / 3;
  begin
     if List (List'Last) < List (List'First) then
        Swap (List (List'Last), List (List'First));
     end if;
     if List'Length > 2 then
        Stooge_Sort (List (List'First     .. List'Last - T));
        Stooge_Sort (List (List'First + T .. List'Last));
        Stooge_Sort (List (List'First     .. List'Last - T));
     end if;
  end Stooge_Sort;
  Test_Array : Integer_Array := (1, 4, 5, 3, -6, 3, 7, 10, -2, -5, 7, 5, 9, -3, 7);

begin 

  Stooge_Sort (Test_Array);
  for I in Test_Array'Range loop
     Ada.Text_IO.Put (Integer'Image (Test_Array (I)));
     if I /= Test_Array'Last then
        Ada.Text_IO.Put (", ");
     end if;
  end loop;
  Ada.Text_IO.New_Line;

end Stooge;</lang>

Output:
-6, -5, -3, -2,  1,  3,  3,  4,  5,  5,  7,  7,  7,  9,  10

ALGOL 68

Works with: ALGOL 68G version Any - tested with release 2.8.win32

<lang algol68># swaps the values of the two REF INTs # PRIO =:= = 1; OP =:= = ( REF INT a, b )VOID: ( INT t := a; a := b; b := t );

  1. returns the array of INTs sorted via the stooge sort algorithm #

PROC stooge sort = ( []INT array )[]INT: 

    BEGIN
        PROC stooge sort segment = ( REF[]INT l, INT i, j )VOID:
            BEGIN
                IF l[j] < l[i] THEN l[ i ] =:= l[ j ] FI;
                IF j - i > 1
                THEN
                    INT t := (j - i + 1) OVER 3;
                    stooge sort segment( l, i,     j - t );
                    stooge sort segment( l, i + t, j     );
                    stooge sort segment( l, i,     j - t )
                FI
            END # stooge sort segment # ;

        [ LWB array : UPB array ]INT result := array;
        stooge sort segment( result, LWB result, UPB result );
        result
    END # stooge sort # ;
  1. test the stooge sort #

[]INT data = ( 67, -201, 0, 9, 9, 231, 4 ); print( ( "before: ", data, newline, "after: ", stooge sort( data ), newline ) )</lang>

Output:
before:         +67       -201         +0         +9         +9       +231         +4
after:         -201         +0         +4         +9         +9        +67       +231

AutoHotkey

<lang AutoHotkey>StoogeSort(L, i:=1, j:=""){ if !j j := L.MaxIndex() if (L[j] < L[i]){ temp := L[i] L[i] := L[j] L[j] := temp } if (j - i > 1){ t := floor((j - i + 1)/3) StoogeSort(L, i, j-t) StoogeSort(L, i+t, j) StoogeSort(L, i, j-t) } return L }</lang> Examples:<lang AutoHotkey>MsgBox % map(StoogeSort([123,51,6,73,3,-12,0])) return

map(obj){ for k, v in obj res .= v "," return trim(res, ",") }</lang>

Outputs:

-12,0,3,6,51,73,123

BASIC

Works with: QuickBASIC version 7.1

This might work with older versions of QB, but that is untested. It definitely does not work with QBasic.

<lang qbasic>DECLARE SUB stoogesort (L() AS LONG, i AS LONG, j AS LONG)

RANDOMIZE TIMER

CONST arraysize = 10

DIM x(arraysize) AS LONG DIM i AS LONG

PRINT "Before: "; FOR i = 0 TO arraysize 

   x(i) = INT(RND * 100)
   PRINT x(i); " ";

NEXT PRINT

stoogesort x(), 0, arraysize

PRINT "After: "; FOR i = 0 TO arraysize 

   PRINT x(i); " ";

NEXT PRINT

SUB stoogesort (L() AS LONG, i AS LONG, j AS LONG) 

   IF L(j) < L(i) THEN SWAP L(i), L(j)
   IF (j - i) > 1 THEN
       DIM t AS LONG
       t = (j - i + 1) / 3
       stoogesort L(), i, j - t
       stoogesort L(), i + t, j
       stoogesort L(), i, j - t
   END IF

END SUB</lang>

Output:
Before:  15   42   21   50   33   65   40   43   20   25   19
After:  15   19   20   21   33   25   40   42   43   50   65
Before:  99   21   84   55   32   26   86   27   8   45   11
After:  8   11   21   26   27   32   45   55   84   86   99
Before:  11   50   11   37   97   94   92   70   92   57   88
After:  11   11   37   50   57   70   88   92   92   94   97

BBC BASIC

<lang bbcbasic> DIM test%(9) 

     test%() = 4, 65, 2, -31, 0, 99, 2, 83, 782, 1
     PROCstoogesort(test%(), 0, DIM(test%(),1))
     FOR i% = 0 TO 9
       PRINT test%(i%) ;
     NEXT
     PRINT
     END
     
     DEF PROCstoogesort(l%(), i%, j%)
     LOCAL t%
     IF l%(j%) < l%(i%) SWAP l%(i%), l%(j%)
     IF j% - i% > 1 THEN
       t% = (j% - i% + 1)/3
       PROCstoogesort(l%(), i%, j%-t%)
       PROCstoogesort(l%(), i%+t%, j%)
       PROCstoogesort(l%(), i%, j%-t%)
     ENDIF
     ENDPROC</lang>
Output:
       -31         0         1         2         2         4        65        83        99       782

C

<lang c>#include <stdio.h>

  1. define SWAP(r,s) do{ t=r; r=s; s=t; } while(0)

void StoogeSort(int a[], int i, int j) { 

  int t;
  
  if (a[j] < a[i]) SWAP(a[i], a[j]);
  if (j - i > 1)
  {
      t = (j - i + 1) / 3;
      StoogeSort(a, i, j - t);
      StoogeSort(a, i + t, j);
      StoogeSort(a, i, j - t);
  }

}

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { 

  int nums[] = {1, 4, 5, 3, -6, 3, 7, 10, -2, -5, 7, 5, 9, -3, 7};
  int i, n;
 
  n = sizeof(nums)/sizeof(int);
  StoogeSort(nums, 0, n-1);
  
  for(i = 0; i <= n-1; i++)
     printf("%5d", nums[i]);
  
  return 0;

}</lang>

C++

<lang Cpp>

  1. include <iostream>
  2. include <time.h>

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------ using namespace std;

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------ class stooge { public: 

   void sort( int* arr, int start, int end )
   {
       if( arr[start] > arr[end - 1] ) swap( arr[start], arr[end - 1] );

int n = end - start; if( n > 2 ) { n /= 3; sort( arr, start, end - n ); sort( arr, start + n, end ); sort( arr, start, end - n ); 

       }
   }

}; //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ int main( int argc, char* argv[] ) { 

   srand( static_cast<unsigned int>( time( NULL ) ) ); stooge s; int a[80], m = 80; 
   cout << "before:\n";
   for( int x = 0; x < m; x++ ) { a[x] = rand() % 40 - 20;  cout << a[x] << " "; }
   s.sort( a, 0, m ); cout << "\n\nafter:\n"; 
   for( int x = 0; x < m; x++ ) cout << a[x] << " "; cout << "\n\n"; 
   return system( "pause" );

} </lang>

Output:
before:
5 -15 11 18 -14 -20 6 -4 -1 -8 12 -18 -12 -4 -10 -8 13 4 0 16 7 -13 -13 -1 11 -9
 13 -14 9 -19 -1 14 6 -4 7 -8 -15 -11 -9 3 10 3 -2 -5 12 -8 -2 10 -10 9 14 9 -12
 19 -16 -6 -13 -18 -3 -13 -12 8 -8 -10 -16 5 8 -10 -10 6 -14 -20 -16 7 15 11 -19
 -18 10 -15

after:
-20 -20 -19 -19 -18 -18 -18 -16 -16 -16 -15 -15 -15 -14 -14 -14 -13 -13 -13 -13
-12 -12 -12 -11 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10 -9 -9 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -6 -5 -4 -4 -4 -3 -2 -2
 -1 -1 -1 0 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 11 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14
15 16 18 19

C#

<lang C sharp|C#> public static void Sort<T>(List<T> list) where T : IComparable { 

       if (list.Count > 1) {
           StoogeSort(list, 0, list.Count - 1);
       }
   }
   private static void StoogeSort<T>(List<T> L, int i, int j) where T : IComparable {
       if (L[j].CompareTo(L[i])<0) {
           T tmp = L[i];
           L[i] = L[j];
           L[j] = tmp;
       }
       if (j - i > 1) {
           int t = (j - i + 1) / 3;
           StoogeSort(L, i, j - t);
           StoogeSort(L, i + t, j);
           StoogeSort(L, i, j - t);
       }
   }</lang>

Clojure

<lang clojure>(defn swap [v x y] 

  (assoc! v y (v x) x (v y)))

(defn stooge-sort 

 ([v] (persistent! (stooge-sort (transient v) 0 (dec (count v)))))
 ([v i j]
   (if (> (v i) (v j)) (swap v i j) v)
   (if (> (- j i) 1)
     (let [t (int (Math/floor (/ (inc (- j i)) 3)))]
       (stooge-sort v i (- j t))
       (stooge-sort v (+ i t) j)
       (stooge-sort v i (- j t))))
   v))</lang>

COBOL

Works with: GNU Cobol

<lang cobol> >>SOURCE FREE IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. stooge-sort-test.

DATA DIVISION. WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 01 Arr-Len CONSTANT 7.

01 arr-area VALUE "00004001000020000005000230000000000". 

   03  arr-elt                         PIC 9(5) OCCURS Arr-Len TIMES
                                       INDEXED BY arr-idx.

PROCEDURE DIVISION. 

   DISPLAY "Unsorted: " NO ADVANCING
   PERFORM VARYING arr-idx FROM 1 BY 1 UNTIL Arr-Len < arr-idx
       DISPLAY arr-elt (arr-idx) " " NO ADVANCING
   END-PERFORM
   DISPLAY SPACE

   CALL "stooge-sort" USING arr-area, OMITTED, OMITTED

   DISPLAY "Sorted:   " NO ADVANCING
   PERFORM VARYING arr-idx FROM 1 BY 1 UNTIL Arr-Len < arr-idx
       DISPLAY arr-elt (arr-idx) " " NO ADVANCING
   END-PERFORM
   DISPLAY SPACE
   .

END PROGRAM stooge-sort-test.


IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. stooge-sort RECURSIVE.

DATA DIVISION. LOCAL-STORAGE SECTION. 01 Arr-Len CONSTANT 7.

01 i PIC 99 COMP. 01 j PIC 99 COMP.

01 temp PIC 9(5).

01 t PIC 99 COMP.

LINKAGE SECTION. 01 arr-area. 

   03  arr-elt                         PIC 9(5) OCCURS Arr-Len TIMES.

01 i-val PIC 99 COMP. 01 j-val PIC 99 COMP.

PROCEDURE DIVISION USING arr-area, OPTIONAL i-val, OPTIONAL j-val. 

   IF i-val IS OMITTED
       MOVE 1 TO i
   ELSE
       MOVE i-val TO i
   END-IF
   IF j-val IS OMITTED
       MOVE Arr-Len TO j
   ELSE
       MOVE j-val TO j
   END-IF
   
   IF arr-elt (j) < arr-elt (i)
       MOVE arr-elt (i) TO temp
       MOVE arr-elt (j) TO arr-elt (i)
       MOVE temp TO arr-elt (j)
   END-IF   
   
   IF j - i + 1 >= 3
       COMPUTE t = (j - i + 1) / 3
       SUBTRACT t FROM j
       CALL "stooge-sort" USING arr-area, CONTENT i, j
       ADD t TO i, j
       CALL "stooge-sort" USING arr-area, CONTENT i, j
       SUBTRACT t FROM i, j
       CALL "stooge-sort" USING arr-area, CONTENT i, j
   END-IF
   .

END PROGRAM stooge-sort.</lang>

Output:
Unsorted: 00004 00100 00200 00005 00023 00000 00000
Sorted:   00000 00000 00004 00005 00023 00100 00200

Common Lisp

<lang lisp>(defun stooge-sort (vector &optional (i 0) (j (1- (length vector)))) 

 (when (> (aref vector i) (aref vector j))
   (rotatef (aref vector i) (aref vector j)))
 (when (> (- j i) 1)
   (let ((third (floor (1+ (- j i)) 3)))
     (stooge-sort vector i (- j third))
     (stooge-sort vector (+ i third) j)
     (stooge-sort vector i (- j third))))
 vector)</lang>

D

<lang d>import std.stdio, std.algorithm, std.array;

void stoogeSort(T)(T[] seq) pure nothrow { 

   if (seq.back < seq.front)
       swap(seq.front, seq.back);

   if (seq.length > 2) {
       immutable m = seq.length / 3;
       seq[0 .. $ - m].stoogeSort();
       seq[m .. $].stoogeSort();
       seq[0 .. $ - m].stoogeSort();
   }

}

void main() { 

   auto data = [1, 4, 5, 3, -6, 3, 7, 10, -2, -5];
   data.stoogeSort();
   writeln(data);

}</lang>

Output:
[-6, -5, -2, 1, 3, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10]

Eiffel

<lang Eiffel> class STOOGE_SORT feature stoogesort (ar: ARRAY[INTEGER]; i,j: INTEGER) 

               -- Sorted array in ascending order.

require ar_not_empty: ar.count >= 0 i_in_range: i>=1 j_in_range: j <= ar.count boundary_set: i<=j local t: REAL_64 third: INTEGER swap: INTEGER do if ar[j]< ar[i] then swap:= ar[i] ar[i]:=ar[j] ar[j]:= swap end if j-i >1 then t:= (j-i+1)/3 third:= t.floor stoogesort(ar, i, j-third) stoogesort(ar, i+third, j) stoogesort(ar, i, j-third) end end end </lang> Test: <lang Eiffel> class APPLICATION

create make

feature

make do test := <<2, 5, 66, -2, 0, 7>> io.put_string ("%Nunsorted:%N") across test as ar loop io.put_string (ar.item.out + "%T") end create stoogesort stoogesort.stoogesort (test, 1, test.count) io.put_string ("%Nsorted:%N") across test as ar loop io.put_string (ar.item.out + "%T") end end

test: ARRAY [INTEGER]

stoogesort: STOOGE_SORT

end </lang>

Output:
unsorted:
2 5 66 -2 0 7
sorted:
-2 0 2 5 7 66

Elena

ELENA 3.4 : <lang elena>import extensions. import system'routines.

extension op { 

   stoogeSort
       = self stoogeSort(0, self length - 1).

   stoogeSort(IntNumber i, IntNumber j) 
   [
       if(self[j]<self[i])
       [
           self exchange(i,j)
       ].
       if (j - i > 1)
       [
           int t := (j - i + 1) / 3.
           self stoogeSort(i,j-t).
           self stoogeSort(i+t,j).
           self stoogeSort(i,j-t).
       ]
   ]

}

public program [ 

   var list := 0 to:15 repeat(:n)(randomGenerator eval(20)); toArray.

   console printLine("before:", list).
   console printLine("after:", list stoogeSort).

]</lang>

Output:
before:0,1,18,17,4,13,18,8,2,10,15,17,11,1,17
after:0,1,1,2,4,8,10,11,13,15,17,17,17,18,18

Elixir

<lang elixir>defmodule Sort do 

 def stooge_sort(list) do
   stooge_sort(List.to_tuple(list), 0, length(list)-1) |> Tuple.to_list
 end
 
 defp stooge_sort(tuple, i, j) do
   if (vj = elem(tuple, j)) < (vi = elem(tuple, i)) do
     tuple = put_elem(tuple,i,vj) |> put_elem(j,vi)
   end
   if j - i > 1 do
     t = div(j - i + 1, 3)
     tuple
     |> stooge_sort(i, j-t)
     |> stooge_sort(i+t, j)
     |> stooge_sort(i, j-t)
   else
     tuple
   end
 end

end

(for _ <- 1..20, do: :rand.uniform(20)) |> IO.inspect |> Sort.stooge_sort |> IO.inspect</lang>

Output:
[18, 8, 19, 19, 17, 17, 1, 5, 17, 9, 13, 6, 7, 19, 1, 6, 11, 20, 17, 12]
[1, 1, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 17, 17, 17, 17, 18, 19, 19, 19, 20]

Euphoria

<lang euphoria>function stooge(sequence s, integer i, integer j) 

   object temp
   integer t
   if compare(s[j], s[i]) < 0 then
       temp = s[i]
       s[i] = s[j]
       s[j] = temp
   end if
   if j - i > 1 then
       t = floor((j - i + 1)/3)
       s = stooge(s, i  , j-t)
       s = stooge(s, i+t, j  )
       s = stooge(s, i  , j-t)
   end if
   return s

end function

function stoogesort(sequence s) 

   return stooge(s,1,length(s))

end function

constant s = rand(repeat(1000,10))

? s ? stoogesort(s)</lang>

Output:
{875,616,725,922,463,740,949,476,697,455}
{455,463,476,616,697,725,740,875,922,949}

Factor

<lang factor>USING: kernel locals math prettyprint sequences ; IN: rosetta-code.stooge-sort

<PRIVATE

(stooge-sort) ( seq i j -- )
   j i [ seq nth ] bi@ < [
       j i seq exchange
   ] when
   j i - 1 > [
       j i - 1 + 3 /i :> t
       seq i j t - (stooge-sort)
       seq i t + j (stooge-sort)
       seq i j t - (stooge-sort)
   ] when ;

PRIVATE>

stooge-sort ( seq -- sortedseq )
   [ clone dup ] [ drop 0 ] [ length 1 - ] tri (stooge-sort) ;
stooge-sort-demo ( -- )
   { 1 4 5 3 -6 3 7 10 -2 -5 } stooge-sort . ;

MAIN: stooge-sort-demo</lang>

Output:
{ -6 -5 -2 1 3 3 4 5 7 10 }

Fortran

Works with: Fortran version 90 and later

<lang fortran>program Stooge 

 implicit none

 integer :: i
 integer :: array(50) = (/ (i, i = 50, 1, -1) /) ! Reverse sorted array
 
 call Stoogesort(array)
 write(*,"(10i5)") array

contains

recursive subroutine Stoogesort(a) 

 integer, intent(in out) :: a(:)
 integer :: j, t, temp

  j = size(a)
  if(a(j) < a(1)) then
    temp = a(j)
    a(j) = a(1)
    a(1) = temp
  end if

 if(j > 2) then
   t = j / 3
   call Stoogesort(a(1:j-t))
   call Stoogesort(a(1+t:j))
   call Stoogesort(a(1:j-t)) 
 end if

end subroutine end program</lang>

FreeBASIC

<lang freebasic>' version 23-10-2016 ' compile with: fbc -s console

Sub stoogesort(s() As Long, l As Long, r As Long) 

   If s(r) < s(l) Then
       Swap s(r), s(l)
   End If

   If r - l > 1 Then
       Var t = (r - l +1) \ 3
       stoogesort(s(), l    , r - t)
       stoogesort(s(), l + t, r    )
       stoogesort(s(), l    , r - t)
   End If

End Sub

' ------=< MAIN >=------

Dim As Long i, array(-7 To 7) Dim As Long a = LBound(array), b = UBound(array)

Randomize Timer For i = a To b : array(i) = i  : Next For i = a To b ' little shuffle 

   Swap array(i), array(Int(Rnd * (b - a +1)) + a)

Next

Print "unsorted "; For i = a To b : Print Using "####"; array(i); : Next : Print

stoogesort(array(), LBound(array), UBound(array))

Print " sorted "; For i = a To b : Print Using "####"; array(i); : Next : Print

' empty keyboard buffer While Inkey <> "" : Wend Print : Print "hit any key to end program" Sleep End</lang>

Output:
Unsorted
   0   3  -6   2   1  -4   7   5   6  -3   4  -7  -1  -5  -2

After heapsort
  -7  -6  -5  -4  -3  -2  -1   0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7

Go

<lang go>package main

import "fmt"

var a = []int{170, 45, 75, -90, -802, 24, 2, 66}

func main() { 

   fmt.Println("before:", a)
   stoogesort(a)
   fmt.Println("after: ", a)
   fmt.Println("nyuk nyuk nyuk")

}

func stoogesort(a []int) { 

   last := len(a) - 1
   if a[last] < a[0] {
       a[0], a[last] = a[last], a[0]
   }
   if last > 1 {
       t := len(a) / 3
       stoogesort(a[:len(a)-t])
       stoogesort(a[t:])
       stoogesort(a[:len(a)-t])
   }

}</lang>

Haskell

<lang haskell>import Data.List import Control.Arrow import Control.Monad

insertAt e k = uncurry(++).second ((e:).drop 1). splitAt k

swapElems :: [a] -> Int -> Int -> [a] swapElems xs i j = insertAt (xs!!j) i $ insertAt (xs!!i) j xs

stoogeSort [] = [] stoogeSort [x] = [x] stoogeSort xs = doss 0 (length xs - 1) xs doss :: (Ord a) => Int -> Int -> [a] -> [a] doss i j xs 

     | j-i>1 = doss i (j-t) $ doss (i+t) j $ doss i (j-t) xs'
     | otherwise = xs'
   where t = (j-i+1)`div`3

xs' | xs!!j < xs!!i = swapElems xs i j | otherwise = xs</lang> Example: <lang haskell>*Main> stoogeSort [1, 4, 5, 3, -6, 3, 7, 10, -2, -5, 7, 5, 9, -3, 7] [-6,-5,-3,-2,1,3,3,4,5,5,7,7,7,9,10]</lang>

Icon and Unicon

<lang Icon>procedure main() #: demonstrate various ways to sort a list and string 

  demosort(stoogesort,[3, 14, 1, 5, 9, 2, 6, 3],"qwerty")

end

procedure stoogesort(X,op,i,j) #: return sorted list ascending(or descending) local t 

  if /i := 0 then {
     j := *X
     op := sortop(op,X)                 # select how and what we sort
     }

  if op(X[j],X[i]) then
     X[i] :=: X[j]
  if j - i > 1 then {
     t := (j - i + 1) / 3
     X := stoogesort(X,op,i,j-t) 
     X := stoogesort(X,op,i+t,j)
     X := stoogesort(X,op,i,j-t)
     }
  return X                              # X must be returned and assigned to sort a string

end</lang>

Note: This example relies on the supporting procedures 'sortop', and 'demosort' in Bubble Sort. The full demosort exercises the named sort of a list with op = "numeric", "string", ">>" (lexically gt, descending), ">" (numerically gt, descending), a custom comparator, and also a string.

Output:

Abbreviated sample 

Sorting Demo using procedure stoogesort
  on list : [ 3 14 1 5 9 2 6 3 ]
    with op = &null:         [ 1 2 3 3 5 6 9 14 ]   (0 ms)
  ...
  on string : "qwerty"
    with op = &null:         "eqrtwy"   (0 ms)

IS-BASIC

<lang IS-BASIC>100 PROGRAM "StoogSrt.bas" 110 RANDOMIZE 120 NUMERIC ARRAY(5 TO 16) 130 CALL INIT(ARRAY) 140 CALL WRITE(ARRAY) 150 CALL STOOGESORT(ARRAY,LBOUND(ARRAY),UBOUND(ARRAY)) 160 CALL WRITE(ARRAY) 170 DEF INIT(REF A) 180 FOR I=LBOUND(A) TO UBOUND(A) 190 LET A(I)=RND(99)+1 200 NEXT 210 END DEF 220 DEF WRITE(REF A) 230 FOR I=LBOUND(A) TO UBOUND(A) 240 PRINT A(I); 250 NEXT 260 PRINT 270 END DEF 280 DEF STOOGESORT(REF A,I,J) 290 NUMERIC T 300 IF A(J)<A(I) THEN LET T=A(J):LET A(J)=A(I):LET A(I)=T 310 IF J-I>1 THEN 320 LET T=IP((J-I+1)/3) 330 CALL STOOGESORT(A,I,J-T) 340 CALL STOOGESORT(A,I+T,J) 350 CALL STOOGESORT(A,I,J-T) 360 END IF 370 END DEF</lang>

J

<lang j>swapElems=: |.@:{`[`]}

stoogeSort=: 3 : 0 

 (0,<:#y) stoogeSort y

 if. >/x{y do. y=.x swapElems y end.
 if. 1<-~/x do.
   t=. <.3%~1+-~/x
   (x-0,t) stoogeSort (x+t,0) stoogeSort (x-0,t) stoogeSort y
 else. y end.

)</lang> Example: <lang j> (,: stoogeSort) ?~13 3 10 8 4 7 12 1 2 11 6 5 9 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 </lang>

Java

<lang java>import java.util.Arrays;

public class Stooge { 

   public static void main(String[] args) {
       int[] nums = {1, 4, 5, 3, -6, 3, 7, 10, -2, -5};
       stoogeSort(nums);
       System.out.println(Arrays.toString(nums));
   }

   public static void stoogeSort(int[] L) {
       stoogeSort(L, 0, L.length - 1);
   }

   public static void stoogeSort(int[] L, int i, int j) {
       if (L[j] < L[i]) {
           int tmp = L[i];
           L[i] = L[j];
           L[j] = tmp;
       }
       if (j - i > 1) {
           int t = (j - i + 1) / 3;
           stoogeSort(L, i, j - t);
           stoogeSort(L, i + t, j);
           stoogeSort(L, i, j - t);
       }
   }

}</lang>

Output:
[-6, -5, -2, 1, 3, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10]

JavaScript

<lang javascript>function stoogeSort (array, i, j) { 

   if (j === undefined) {
       j = array.length - 1;
   }

   if (i === undefined) {
       i = 0;
   }

   if (array[j] < array[i]) {
       var aux = array[i];
       array[i] = array[j];
       array[j] = aux;
   }

   if (j - i > 1) {
       var t = Math.floor((j - i + 1) / 3);
       stoogeSort(array, i, j-t);
       stoogeSort(array, i+t, j);
       stoogeSort(array, i, j-t);
   }

};</lang> Example: <lang javascript>arr = [9,1,3,10,13,4,2]; stoogeSort(arr); console.log(arr);</lang>

Output:
[1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 13]

jq

Works with: jq version 1.4

<lang jq>def stoogesort: 

 def swap(i;j): .[i] as $t | .[i] = .[j] | .[j] = $t;
 
 # for efficiency, define an auxiliary function
 # that takes as input [L, i, j]
 def ss: .[1] as $i | .[2] as $j
    | .[0]
    | if .[$j] < .[$i] then swap($i;$j) else . end
    | if $j - $i > 1 then
         (($j - $i + 1) / 3 | floor) as $t
         | [., $i, $j-$t] | ss

| [., $i+$t, $j] | ss | [., $i, $j-$t] | ss 

      else .
      end;

 [., 0, length-1] | ss;</lang>

Example <lang jq>([], 

[1],
[1,2],
[1,3,2,4],
[1,4,5,3,-6,3,7,10,-2,-5]

) | stoogesort</lang>

Output:

<lang sh>$ jq -c -n -f stooge_sort.jq [] [1] [1,2] [1,2,3,4] [-6,-5,-2,1,3,3,4,5,7,10]</lang>

Julia

Works with: Julia version 0.6
Translation of: Matlab

<lang julia>function stoogesort!(a::Array, i::Int=1, j::Int=length(a)) 

   if a[j] < a[i]
       ai, j = aj, i;
   end

   if (j - i) > 1
       t = round(Int, (j - i + 1) / 3)
       a = stoogesort!(a, i,     j - t)
       a = stoogesort!(a, i + t, j)
       a = stoogesort!(a, i,     j - t)
   end

   return a

end

x = randn(10) @show x stoogesort!(x)</lang>

Output:
x = [0.222881, -1.06902, -1.07703, 0.466872, 1.52261, -0.25279, -1.72147, -0.217577, -0.556917, 2.13601]
stoogesort!(x) = [-1.72147, -1.07703, -1.06902, -0.556917, -0.25279, -0.217577, 0.222881, 0.466872, 1.52261, 2.13601]

Kotlin

<lang scala>// version 1.1.0

fun stoogeSort(a: IntArray, i: Int, j: Int) { 

   if (a[j] < a[i]) {
       val temp = a[j]
       a[j] = a[i]
       a[i] = temp
   }
   if (j - i > 1) {
       val t = (j - i + 1) / 3
       stoogeSort(a, i, j - t)
       stoogeSort(a, i + t, j)
       stoogeSort(a, i, j - t)
   }

}

fun main(args: Array<String>) { 

   val a = intArrayOf(100, 2, 56, 200, -52, 3, 99, 33, 177, -199)
   println("Original : ${a.asList()}")
   stoogeSort(a, 0, a.size - 1)
   println("Sorted   : ${a.asList()}")

}</lang>

Output:
Original : [100, 2, 56, 200, -52, 3, 99, 33, 177, -199]
Sorted   : [-199, -52, 2, 3, 33, 56, 99, 100, 177, 200]

Lua

An example using a Y combinator for anonymous recursion and made generic with an optional predicate parameter.

<lang lua> local Y = function (f) 

 return (function(x) return x(x) end)(function(x) return f(function(...) return x(x)(...) end) end)

end

function stoogesort(L, pred) 

 pred = pred or function(a,b) return a < b end

 Y(function(recurse)
   return function(i,j)
     if pred(L[j], L[i]) then
       L[j],L[i] = L[i],L[j]
     end
     if j - i > 1 then
       local t = math.floor((j - i + 1)/3)
       recurse(i,j-t)
       recurse(i+t,j)
       recurse(i,j-t)
     end
   end
 end)(1,#L)
 
 return L

end

print(unpack(stoogesort{9,7,8,5,6,3,4,2,1,0}))

</lang>

Mathematica

<lang Mathematica>stoogeSort[lst_, I_, J_] := Module[{i = I, j = J, list = lst}, 

If[listj < listi, list[[{i,j}]] = list[[{j,i}]];] 

If[(j-i) > 1, t = Round[(j-i+1)/3];
 list=stoogeSort[list,i,j-t];
 list=stoogeSort[list,i+t,j];
 list=stoogeSort[list,i,j-t];];

list

]</lang> 

stoogeSort[{3,2,9,6,8},1,5]
{2,3,6,8,9}

MATLAB / Octave

<lang MATLAB>%Required inputs: %i = 1 %j = length(list) % function list = stoogeSort(list,i,j) 

   if list(j) < list(i)
       list([i j]) = list([j i]);
   end
   
   if (j - i) > 1
       t = round((j-i+1)/3);
       list = stoogeSort(list,i,j-t);
       list = stoogeSort(list,i+t,j);
       list = stoogeSort(list,i,j-t);
   end

end</lang>

Output:

<lang MATLAB>>> stoogeSort([1 -6 4 -9],1,4)

ans = 

   -9    -6     1     4</lang>

MAXScript

<lang MAXScript>fn stoogeSort arr i: j: = ( if i == unsupplied do i = 1 if j == unsupplied do j = arr.count

if arr[j] < arr[i] do ( swap arr[j] arr[i] ) if j - i > 1 do ( local t = (j - i+1)/3 arr = stoogeSort arr i:i j:(j-t) arr = stoogeSort arr i:(i+t) j:j arr = stoogeSort arr i:i j:(j-t) ) return arr )</lang>

Output:

<lang MAXScript>a = for i in 1 to 15 collect random 1 20

  1. (10, 2, 1, 19, 18, 20, 18, 5, 13, 2, 13, 9, 7, 10, 6)

stoogeSort a

  1. (1, 2, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 10, 13, 13, 18, 18, 19, 20)

</lang>

NetRexx

<lang NetRexx>/* NetRexx */ options replace format comments java crossref savelog symbols binary

iList = [int 1, 4, 5, 3, -6, 3, 7, 10, -2, -5, 7, 5, 9, -3, 7] sList = Arrays.copyOf(iList, iList.length)

sList = stoogeSort(sList)

lists = [iList, sList] loop ln = 0 to lists.length - 1 

 cl = lists[ln]
 rpt = Rexx()
 loop ct = 0 to cl.length - 1
   rpt = rpt cl[ct]
   end ct
   say '['rpt.strip().changestr(' ', ',')']'
 end ln

return

method stoogeSort(L_ = int[], i_ = 0, j_ = L_.length - 1) public static returns int[] 

 if L_[j_] < L_[i_] then do
   Lt     = L_[i_]
   L_[i_] = L_[j_]
   L_[j_] = Lt
   end
 if j_ - i_ > 1 then do
   t_ = (j_ - i_ + 1) % 3
   L_ = stoogeSort(L_, i_, j_ - t_)
   L_ = stoogeSort(L_, i_ + t_, j_)
   L_ = stoogeSort(L_, i_, j_ - t_)
   end

 return L_

</lang>

Output:
[1,4,5,3,-6,3,7,10,-2,-5,7,5,9,-3,7]
[-6,-5,-3,-2,1,3,3,4,5,5,7,7,7,9,10]

Nim

<lang nim>proc stoogeSort[T](a: var openarray[T], i, j: int) = 

 if a[j] < a[i]: swap a[i], a[j]
 if j - i > 1:
   let t = (j - i + 1) div 3
   stoogeSort(a, i, j - t)
   stoogeSort(a, i + t, j)
   stoogeSort(a, i, j - t)

var a = @[4, 65, 2, -31, 0, 99, 2, 83, 782] stoogeSort a, 0, a.high echo a</lang>

Output:
@[-31, 0, 2, 2, 4, 65, 83, 99, 782]

Objeck

<lang objeck> bundle Default { 

 class Stooge {
   function : Main(args : String[]) ~ Nil {
     nums := [1, 4, 5, 3, -6, 3, 7, 10, -2, -5];
     StoogeSort(nums);
     each(i : nums) {
       IO.Console->Print(nums[i])->Print(",");
     };
     IO.Console->PrintLine();
   }
  
   function : native : StoogeSort(l : Int[]) ~ Nil {
     StoogeSort(l, 0, l->Size() - 1);
   }
  
   function : native : StoogeSort(l : Int[], i : Int, j : Int) ~ Nil {
      if(l[j] < l[i]) {
       tmp := l[i];
       l[i] := l[j];
       l[j] := tmp;
     };
     
     if(j - i > 1) {
       t := (j - i + 1) / 3;
       StoogeSort(l, i, j - t);
       StoogeSort(l, i + t, j);
       StoogeSort(l, i, j - t);
     };
   }
 }

} </lang>

OCaml

<lang ocaml>let swap ar i j = 

 let tmp = ar.(i) in
 ar.(i) <- ar.(j);
 ar.(j) <- tmp

let stoogesort ar = 

 let rec aux i j =
   if ar.(j) < ar.(i) then
     swap ar i j
   else if j - i > 1 then begin
     let t = (j - i + 1) / 3 in
     aux (i) (j-t);
     aux (i+t) (j);
     aux (i) (j-t);
   end
 in
 aux 0 (Array.length ar - 1)</lang>

testing: <lang ocaml>let () = 

 let ar = [| 3; 1; 7; 2; 6; 5; 4; 9; 8 |] in
 stoogesort ar;
 Array.iter (Printf.printf " %d") ar;
 print_newline()</lang>

ooRexx

Translation of: NetRexx

<lang ooRexx>/* Rexx */

call demo return exit

-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Stooge sort implementation -- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

routine stoogeSort
 use arg rL_, i_ = 0, j_ = .nil
 if j_ = .nil then j_ = rL_~items() - 1

 if rL_~get(j_) < rL_~get(i_) then do
   Lt = rL_~get(i_)
   rL_~set(i_, rL_~get(j_))
   rL_~set(j_, Lt)
   end
 if j_ - i_ > 1 then do
   t_ = (j_ - i_ + 1) % 3
   rL_ = stoogeSort(rL_, i_, j_ - t_)
   rL_ = stoogeSort(rL_, i_ + t_, j_)
   rL_ = stoogeSort(rL_, i_, j_ - t_)
   end

 return rL_

-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Demonstrate the implementation -- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

routine demo
 iList = .nlist~of(1, 4, 5, 3, -6, 3, 7, 10, -2, -5, 7, 5, 9, -3, 7)
 sList = iList~copy()

 placesList = .nlist~of( -
     "UK  London",     "US  New York",   "US  Boston",     "US  Washington" -
   , "UK  Washington", "US  Birmingham", "UK  Birmingham", "UK  Boston"     -
 )

 sList = stoogeSort(sList)
 sortedList = stoogeSort(placesList~copy())

 iLists = .list~of(iList, sList)
 loop ln = 0 to iLists~items() - 1
   icl = iLists[ln]
   rpt = 
   loop ct = 0 to icl~items() - 1
     rpt = rpt icl[ct]
     end ct
     say '['rpt~strip()~changestr(' ', ',')']'
   end ln

 say
 sLists = .list~of(placesList, sortedList)
 loop ln = 0 to sLists~items() - 1
   scl = sLists[ln]
   loop ct = 0 to scl~items() - 1
     say right(ct + 1, 3)':' scl[ct]
     end ct
     say
   end ln

 return

-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Helper class. Map get and set methods for easier conversion from java.util.List -- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

class NList mixinclass List public

-- Map get() to at()

method get
 use arg ix
 return self~at(ix)

-- Map set() to put()

method set
 use arg ix, item
 self~put(item, ix)
 return

</lang>

Output:
[1,4,5,3,-6,3,7,10,-2,-5,7,5,9,-3,7]
[-6,-5,-3,-2,1,3,3,4,5,5,7,7,7,9,10]

  1: UK  London
  2: US  New York
  3: US  Boston
  4: US  Washington
  5: UK  Washington
  6: US  Birmingham
  7: UK  Birmingham
  8: UK  Boston

  1: UK  Birmingham
  2: UK  Boston
  3: UK  London
  4: UK  Washington
  5: US  Birmingham
  6: US  Boston
  7: US  New York
  8: US  Washington

Oz

<lang oz>declare 

 proc {StoogeSort Arr}
    proc {Swap I J}
       Tmp = Arr.I
    in
       Arr.I := Arr.J
       Arr.J := Tmp
    end
  
    proc {Sort I J}
       Size = J-I+1
    in
       if Arr.J < Arr.I then
          {Swap I J}
       end
       if Size >= 3 then
          Third = Size div 3
       in
          {Sort I J-Third}
          {Sort I+Third J}
          {Sort I J-Third}
       end
    end
 in
    {Sort {Array.low Arr} {Array.high Arr}}
 end

 Arr = {Tuple.toArray unit(1 4 5 3 ~6 3 7 10 ~2 ~5 7 5 9 ~3 7)}

in 

 {System.printInfo "\nUnsorted: "}
 for I in {Array.low Arr}..{Array.high Arr} do
    {System.printInfo Arr.I#", "}
 end

 {StoogeSort Arr}

 {System.printInfo "\nSorted  : "}
 for I in {Array.low Arr}..{Array.high Arr} do
    {System.printInfo Arr.I#", "}
 end</lang>
Output:
Unsorted: 1, 4, 5, 3, -6, 3, 7, 10, -2, -5, 7, 5, 9, -3, 7, 
Sorted  : -6, -5, -3, -2, 1, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 7, 7, 7, 9, 10,

PARI/GP

<lang parigp>stoogeSort(v)={ 

 local(v=v); \\ Give children access to v
 ss(1,#v);   \\ Sort
 v

}

ss(i,j)={ 

 my(t);
 if(v[j]<v[i],
   t=v[i];
   v[i]=v[j];
   v[j]=t
 );
 if(j-i > 1,
   t=(1+j-i)\3;
   ss(i,j-t);
   ss(i+t,j);
   ss(i,j-t)
 )

};</lang>

Pascal

<lang pascal>program StoogeSortDemo;

type 

 TIntArray = array of integer;

procedure stoogeSort(var m: TIntArray; i, j: integer); 

 var
   t, temp: integer;
 begin
   if m[j] < m[i] then
   begin
     temp := m[j];
     m[j] := m[i];
     m[i] := temp;
   end;
   if j - i > 1 then
   begin
     t := (j - i + 1) div 3;
     stoogesort(m, i, j-t);
     stoogesort(m, i+t, j);
     stoogesort(m, i, j-t);
   end;
 end;

var 

 data: TIntArray;
 i: integer;

begin 

 setlength(data, 8);
 Randomize;
 writeln('The data before sorting:');
 for i := low(data) to high(data) do
 begin
   data[i] := Random(high(data));
   write(data[i]:4);
 end;
 writeln;
 stoogeSort(data, low(data), high(data));
 writeln('The data after sorting:');
 for i := low(data) to high(data) do
 begin
   write(data[i]:4);
 end;
 writeln;

end.</lang>

Output:
./StoogeSort
The data before sorting:
   6   1   2   1   5   2   1   5
The data after sorting:
   1   1   1   2   2   5   5   6

Perl

<lang perl>sub stooge { 

       use integer;
       my ($x, $i, $j) = @_;

       $i //= 0;
       $j //= $#$x;

       if ( $x->[$j] < $x->[$i] ) {
               @$x[$i, $j] = @$x[$j, $i];
       }
       if ( $j - $i > 1 ) {
               my $t = ($j - $i + 1) / 3;
               stooge( $x, $i,      $j - $t );
               stooge( $x, $i + $t, $j      ); 
               stooge( $x, $i,      $j - $t );
       }

}


my @a = map (int rand(100), 1 .. 10); print "Before @a\n"; stooge(\@a); print "After @a\n"; </lang>

Perl 6

<lang perl6>sub stoogesort( @L, $i = 0, $j = @L.end ) { 

   @L[$j,$i] = @L[$i,$j] if @L[$i] > @L[$j];

   my $interval = $j - $i;
   
   if $interval > 1 {
        my $t = ( $interval + 1 ) div 3;
        stoogesort( @L, $i   , $j-$t );
        stoogesort( @L, $i+$t, $j    );
        stoogesort( @L, $i   , $j-$t );
   }
   return @L;

}

my @L = 1, 4, 5, 3, -6, 3, 7, 10, -2, -5;

stoogesort(@L).Str.say; </lang>

Phix

Copy of Euphoria <lang Phix>function stoogesort(sequence s, integer i=1, integer j=length(s)) integer t 

   if s[j]<s[i] then
       {s[i],s[j]} = {s[j],s[i]}
   end if
   if j-i>1 then
       t = floor((j-i+1)/3)
       s = stoogesort(s,i,  j-t)
       s = stoogesort(s,i+t,j  )
       s = stoogesort(s,i,  j-t)
   end if
   return s

end function</lang>

PHP

<lang php> function stoogeSort(&$arr, $i, $j) { if($arr[$j] < $arr[$i]) { list($arr[$j],$arr[$i]) = array($arr[$i], $arr[$j]); } if(($j - $i) > 1) { $t = ($j - $i + 1) / 3; stoogesort($arr, $i, $j - $t); stoogesort($arr, $i + $t, $j); stoogesort($arr, $i, $j - $t); } } </lang>

PicoLisp

<lang PicoLisp>(de stoogeSort (L N) 

  (default N (length L))
  (let P (nth L N)
     (when (> (car L) (car P))
        (xchg L P) ) )
  (when (> N 2)
     (let D (/ N 3)
        (stoogeSort L (- N D))
        (stoogeSort (nth L (inc D)) (- N D))
        (stoogeSort L (- N D)) ) )
  L )</lang>

Test: 

: (apply < (stoogeSort (make (do 100 (link (rand))))))
-> T

PL/I

<lang pli>stoogesort: procedure (L) recursive; /* 16 August 2010 */ 

  declare L(*) fixed binary;
  declare (i, j, t, temp) fixed binary;

  j = hbound(L,1);
  do i = lbound(L, 1) to j;
    if L(j) < L(i) then
        do; temp = L(i); L(i) = L(j); L(j) = temp; end;
    if j - i > 1 then
        do;
           t = (j - i + 1)/3;
           call stoogesort(L, i  , j-t);
           call stoogesort(L, i+t, j  );
           call stoogesort(L, i  , j-t);
        end;
  end;

end stoogesort;</lang>

PowerBASIC

PowerBASIC for DOS can use the BASIC code above, by removing CONST and changing all instances of arraysize to %arraysize (note the percent sign).

Works with: PowerBASIC for Windows
Works with: PowerBASIC Console Compiler

This version is closely based on the BASIC code above.

<lang powerbasic>%arraysize = 10

SUB stoogesort (L() AS LONG, i AS LONG, j AS LONG) 

   IF L(j) < L(i) THEN SWAP L(i), L(j)
   IF (j - i) > 1 THEN
       DIM t AS LONG
       t = (j - i + 1) / 3
       stoogesort L(), i, j - t
       stoogesort L(), i + t, j
       stoogesort L(), i, j - t
   END IF

END SUB

FUNCTION PBMAIN () AS LONG 

   RANDOMIZE TIMER

   DIM x(%arraysize) AS LONG
   DIM i AS LONG, s AS STRING

   s = "Before: "
   FOR i = 0 TO %arraysize
       x(i) = INT(RND * 100)
       s = s & STR$(x(i)) & " "
   NEXT

   stoogesort x(), 0, %arraysize

   #IF %DEF(%PB_CC32)
       PRINT s
       s = ""
   #ELSE
       s = s & $CRLF
   #ENDIF

   s = s & "After: "
   FOR i = 0 TO %arraysize
       s = s & STR$(x(i)) & " "
   NEXT

   ? s

END FUNCTION</lang>

Output:
Before:  88  32  82  88  0  82  65  87  40  1  69
After:  0  1  32  40  65  69  82  82  87  88  88
Before:  60  64  95  11  52  26  7  4  51  67  47
After:  4  7  11  26  47  51  52  60  64  67  95
Before:  47  88  67  76  60  66  69  86  92  41  6
After:  6  41  47  60  66  67  69  76  88  86  92

PowerShell

<lang PowerShell>Function StoogeSort( [Int32[]] $L ) { $i = 0 $j = $L.length-1 if( $L[$j] -lt $L[$i] ) { $L[$i] = $L[$i] -bxor $L[$j] $L[$j] = $L[$i] -bxor $L[$j] $L[$i] = $L[$i] -bxor $L[$j] } if( $j -gt 1 ) { $t = [int] ( ( $j + 1 ) / 3 ) $k = $j - $t + 1 [Array]::Copy( [Int32[]] ( StoogeSort( $L[0..( $j - $t ) ] ) ), $L, $k ) [Array]::ConstrainedCopy( [Int32[]] ( StoogeSort( $L[$t..$j ] ) ), 0, $L, $t, $k ) [Array]::Copy( [Int32[]] ( StoogeSort( $L[0..( $j - $t ) ] ) ), $L, $k ) } $L }

StoogeSort 9, 7, 5, 3, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8</lang>

PureBasic

<lang PureBasic>Procedure Stooge_Sort(Array L.i(1), i=0 , j=0) 

 If j=0
   j=ArraySize(L())
 EndIf
 If L(i)>L(j)
   Swap L(i), L(j)
 EndIf
 If j-i>1
   Protected t=(j-i+1)/3
   Stooge_Sort(L(), i,   j-t)
   Stooge_Sort(L(), i+t, j )
   Stooge_Sort(L(), i,   j-t)
 EndIf

EndProcedure</lang> Implementation may be as<lang PureBasic>Define AmountOfPosts=(?Stop_Data-?Start_data)/SizeOf(Integer) Dim Xyz.i(AmountOfPosts) CopyMemory(?Start_data, @Xyz(), ?Stop_Data-?Start_data)

Stooge_Sort(Xyz())

For i=0 To ArraySize(Xyz()) 

 Debug Xyz(i)

Next i

DataSection 

 Start_data:
 Data.i  1, 4, 5, 3, -6, 3, 7, 10, -2, -5, 7, 5, 9, -3, 7
 Stop_Data:

EndDataSection</lang>

Python

<lang python>>>> data = [1, 4, 5, 3, -6, 3, 7, 10, -2, -5, 7, 5, 9, -3, 7] >>> def stoogesort(L, i=0, j=None): if j is None: j = len(L) - 1 if L[j] < L[i]: L[i], L[j] = L[j], L[i] if j - i > 1: t = (j - i + 1) // 3 stoogesort(L, i , j-t) stoogesort(L, i+t, j ) stoogesort(L, i , j-t) return L

>>> stoogesort(data) [-6, -5, -3, -2, 1, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 7, 7, 7, 9, 10]</lang>

This alternate solution uses a wrapper function to compute the initial value of j rather than detecting the sentinel value None. <lang python>>>> def stoogesort(L, i, j): if L[j] < L[i]: L[i], L[j] = L[j], L[i] if j - i > 1: t = (j - i + 1) // 3 stoogesort(L, i , j-t) stoogesort(L, i+t, j ) stoogesort(L, i , j-t) return L

>>> def stooge(L): return stoogesort(L, 0, len(L) - 1)

>>> data = [1, 4, 5, 3, -6, 3, 7, 10, -2, -5, 7, 5, 9, -3, 7] >>> stooge(data) [-6, -5, -3, -2, 1, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 7, 7, 7, 9, 10]</lang>

R

<lang R>stoogesort = function(vect) { i = 1 j = length(vect) if(vect[j] < vect[i]) vect[c(j, i)] = vect[c(i, j)] if(j - i > 1) { t = (j - i + 1) %/% 3 vect[i:(j - t)] = stoogesort(vect[i:(j - t)]) vect[(i + t):j] = stoogesort(vect[(i + t):j]) vect[i:(j - t)] = stoogesort(vect[i:(j - t)]) } vect }

v = sample(21, 20) k = stoogesort(v) v k</lang>

Output:
 [1] 13  5 20 16 11 19 17  7  9 14 21 18  2 10  1  6  8  4 15 12
 [1]  1  2  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Racket

<lang racket>

  1. lang racket

(define (stooge-sort xs [i 0] [j (- (vector-length xs) 1)]) 

 (define (x i) (vector-ref xs i))
 (define (x! i v) (vector-set! xs i v))
 (define (swap! i j) (define t (x i)) (x! i (x j)) (x! j t))
 (when (> (x i) (x j)) (swap! i j))
 (when (> (- j i) 1)
   (define t (quotient (+ j (- i) 1) 3))
   (stooge-sort xs i (- j t))
   (stooge-sort xs (+ i t) j)
   (stooge-sort xs i (- j t)))
 xs)

</lang>

REXX

This REXX example starts an array at element zero   (but any integer could be used);   a zero-
based index was used because the algorithm shown in the Rosetta Code task used zero. <lang REXX>/*REXX program sorts an integer array @. [the first element starts at index zero].*/ parse arg N . /*obtain an optional argument from C.L.*/ if N== | N=="," then N=19 /*Not specified? Then use the default.*/ call gen@ /*generate a type of scattered array. */ call show 'before sort' /*show the before array elements. */ say copies('▒', wN+wV+ 50) /*show a separator line (between shows)*/ call stoogeSort 0, N /*invoke the Stooge Sort. */ call show ' after sort' /*show the after array elements. */ exit /*stick a fork in it, we're all done. */ /*──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/ gen@: wV= 0; do k=0 to N; @.k= k*2 + k*-1**k; if @.k//7==0 then @.k= -100 - k 

              wV= max(wV, length(@.k) );  end;        wN=length(N);                return

/*──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/ show: do j=0 to N; say right('element',22) right(j,wN) arg(1)":" right(@.j,wV); end;return /*──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/ stoogeSort: procedure expose @.; parse arg i,j /*sort from I ───► J. */ 

           if @.j<@.i  then parse value @.i @.j  with  @.j @.i  /*swap  @.i  with  @.j */
           if j-i>1    then do;   t=(j-i+1) % 3                 /*%:  integer division.*/
                                  call stoogeSort  i  ,  j-t    /*invoke recursively.  */
                                  call stoogeSort  i+t,  j      /*   "        "        */
                                  call stoogeSort  i  ,  j-t    /*   "        "        */
                            end
           return</lang>
output   when using the default (internal generated) inputs:
               element  0 before sort: -100
               element  1 before sort:    1
               element  2 before sort:    6
               element  3 before sort:    3
               element  4 before sort:   12
               element  5 before sort:    5
               element  6 before sort:   18
               element  7 before sort: -107
               element  8 before sort:   24
               element  9 before sort:    9
               element 10 before sort:   30
               element 11 before sort:   11
               element 12 before sort:   36
               element 13 before sort:   13
               element 14 before sort: -114
               element 15 before sort:   15
               element 16 before sort:   48
               element 17 before sort:   17
               element 18 before sort:   54
               element 19 before sort:   19
▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
               element  0  after sort: -114
               element  1  after sort: -107
               element  2  after sort: -100
               element  3  after sort:    1
               element  4  after sort:    3
               element  5  after sort:    5
               element  6  after sort:    6
               element  7  after sort:    9
               element  8  after sort:   11
               element  9  after sort:   12
               element 10  after sort:   13
               element 11  after sort:   15
               element 12  after sort:   17
               element 13  after sort:   18
               element 14  after sort:   19
               element 15  after sort:   24
               element 16  after sort:   30
               element 17  after sort:   36
               element 18  after sort:   48
               element 19  after sort:   54

Ring

<lang ring> test = [4, 65, 2, -31, 0, 99, 2, 83, 782, 1] stoogeSort(test, 1, len(test)) for i = 1 to 10 

   see "" + test[i] + " "

next see nl

func stoogeSort list, i, j 

    if list[j] < list[i]
       temp = list[i]
       list[i] = list[j]
       list[j] = temp ok
    if j - i > 1 
       t = (j - i + 1)/3
       stoogeSort(list, i, j-t)
       stoogeSort(list, i+t, j)
       stoogeSort(list, i, j-t) ok
    return list
</lang>

Output: 

-31 0 1 2 2 4 65 83 99 782

Ruby

<lang ruby>class Array 

 def stoogesort
   self.dup.stoogesort!
 end

 def stoogesort!(i = 0, j = self.length-1)
   if self[j] < self[i]
     self[i], self[j] = self[j], self[i]
   end
   if j - i > 1
     t = (j - i + 1)/3
     stoogesort!(i, j-t)
     stoogesort!(i+t, j)
     stoogesort!(i, j-t)
   end
   self
 end

end

p [1,4,5,3,-6,3,7,10,-2,-5].stoogesort </lang>

Output:
[-6, -5, -2, 1, 3, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10]

Rust

<lang rust>fn stoogesort<E>(a: &mut [E]) 

   where E: PartialOrd

{ 

   let len = a.len();

   if a.first().unwrap() > a.last().unwrap() {
       a.swap(0, len - 1);
   }
   if len - 1 > 1 {
       let t = len / 3;
       stoogesort(&mut a[..len - 1]);
       stoogesort(&mut a[t..]);
       stoogesort(&mut a[..len - 1]);
   }

}

fn main() { 

   let mut numbers = vec![1_i32, 9, 4, 7, 6, 5, 3, 2, 8];
   println!("Before: {:?}", &numbers);
   stoogesort(&mut numbers);
   println!("After: {:?}", &numbers);

}</lang>

Scala

<lang Scala>object StoogeSort extends App { 

 def stoogeSort(a: Array[Int], i: Int, j: Int) {
   if (a(j) < a(i)) {
     val temp = a(j)
     a(j) = a(i)
     a(i) = temp
   }
   if (j - i > 1) {
     val t = (j - i + 1) / 3
     stoogeSort(a, i, j - t)
     stoogeSort(a, i + t, j)
     stoogeSort(a, i, j - t)
   }
 }

 val a = Array(100, 2, 56, 200, -52, 3, 99, 33, 177, -199)
 println(s"Original : ${a.mkString(", ")}")
 stoogeSort(a, 0, a.length - 1)
 println(s"Sorted   : ${a.mkString(", ")}")

}</lang>

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Sidef

<lang ruby>func stooge(x, i, j) { 

   if (x[j] < x[i]) {
       x.swap(i, j)
   }

   if (j-i > 1) {
       var t = ((j - i + 1) / 3)
       stooge(x, i,     j - t)
       stooge(x, i + t, j    )
       stooge(x, i,     j - t)
   }

}

var a = 10.of { 100.irand }

say "Before #{a}" stooge(a, 0, a.end) say "After #{a}"</lang>

Smalltalk

Works with: GNU Smalltalk

<lang smalltalk>OrderedCollection extend [ 

   stoogeSortFrom: i to: j [

(self at: j) < (self at: i) ifTrue: [ self swapElement: i with: j ]. j - i > 1

ifTrue: [

{ 

  if {$j == -42} {# Magic marker
     set j [expr {[llength $L]-1}]
  }
  set Li [lindex $L $i]
  set Lj [lindex $L $j]
  if {$Lj < $Li} {
     lset L $i $Lj
     lset L $j $Li
  }      
  if {$j-$i > 1} {
     set t [expr {($j-$i+1)/3}]
     set L [stoogesort $L $i [expr {$j-$t}]]
     set L [stoogesort $L [expr {$i+$t}] $j]
     set L [stoogesort $L $i [expr {$j-$t}]]
  }
  return $L

}

stoogesort {1 4 5 3 -6 3 7 10 -2 -5}</lang>

Output:
-6 -5 -2 1 3 3 4 5 7 10

uBasic/4tH

Translation of: BBC BASIC

<lang>PRINT "Stooge sort:" 

 n = FUNC (_InitArray)
 PROC _ShowArray (n)
 PROC _Stoogesort (n)
 PROC _ShowArray (n)

PRINT

END


_InnerStooge PARAM(2) ' Stoogesort 

 LOCAL(1)

 IF @(b@) < @(a@) Then Proc _Swap (a@, b@)
 IF b@ - a@ > 1 THEN
   c@ = (b@ - a@ + 1)/3
   PROC _InnerStooge (a@, b@-c@)
   PROC _InnerStooge (a@+c@, b@)
   PROC _InnerStooge (a@, b@-c@)
 ENDIF

RETURN


_Stoogesort PARAM(1) 

 PROC _InnerStooge (0, a@ -  1)

RETURN


_Swap PARAM(2) ' Swap two array elements 

 PUSH @(a@)
 @(a@) = @(b@)
 @(b@) = POP()

RETURN


_InitArray ' Init example array 

 PUSH 4, 65, 2, -31, 0, 99, 2, 83, 782, 1

 FOR i = 0 TO 9
   @(i) = POP()
 NEXT

RETURN (i)


_ShowArray PARAM (1) ' Show array subroutine 

 FOR i = 0 TO a@-1
   PRINT @(i),
 NEXT

 PRINT

RETURN</lang>

XPL0

<lang XPL0>code ChOut=8, IntOut=11; \intrinsic routines

proc StoogeSort(L, I, J); \Sort array L int L, I, J; int T; [if L(J) < L(I) then 

   [T:= L(I);  L(I):= L(J);  L(J):= T]; \swap

if J-I > 1 then 

   [T:= (J-I+1)/3;
   StoogeSort(L, I, J-T);
   StoogeSort(L, I+T, J);
   StoogeSort(L, I, J-T);
   ];

];

int A, I; [A:= [3, 1, 4, 1, -5, 9, 2, 6, 5, 4]; StoogeSort(A, 0, 10-1); for I:= 0 to 10-1 do [IntOut(0, A(I)); ChOut(0, ^ )]; ]</lang>

Output:
-5 1 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 9

Yorick

Based on pseudocode, except using Yorick's 1-based arrays. Sorts in place. <lang yorick>func stoogesort(&L, i, j) { 

 if(is_void(i)) i = 1;
 if(is_void(j)) j = numberof(L);
 if(L(j) < L(i))
   L([i,j]) = L([j,i]);
 if(j - i > 1) {
   t = (j - i + 1)/3;
   stoogesort, L, i, j-t;
   stoogesort, L, i+t, j;
   stoogesort, L, i, j-t;
 }

}</lang>

Example interactive use: 

> foo = [1,4,5,3,-6,3,7,10,-2,-5]
> stoogesort, foo
> foo
[-6,-5,-2,1,3,3,4,5,7,10]

zkl

<lang zkl>fcn stoogeSort(list,i=0,j=Void){ if(Void==j) j=list.len() - 1; // default parameters set before call 

  if(list[j]<list[i]) list.swap(i,j);
  if(j - i >1){
     t:=(j - i + 1)/3;
     stoogeSort(list,i  , j-t);
     stoogeSort(list,i+t, j  );
     stoogeSort(list,i  , j-t);
  }
  list

}</lang> <lang zkl>stoogeSort(List(67,-201,0,9,9,231,4)).println();</lang>

Output:
L(-201,0,4,9,9,67,231)
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