/****************************************************************************** * Compilation: javac AmericanFlagX.java * Execution: java AmericanFlagX < input.txt * Dependencies: StdIn.java StdOut.java Stack.java * Data files: https://algs4.cs.princeton.edu/51radix/words3.txt * https://algs4.cs.princeton.edu/51radix/shells.txt * * Sort an array of strings or integers in-place using American Flag sort. * * % java AmericanFlagX < shells.txt * are * by * sea * seashells * seashells * sells * sells * she * she * shells * shore * surely * the * the * ******************************************************************************/ /** * The {@code AmericanFlagX} class provides static methods for sorting an * array of extended ASCII strings or integers in-place using * American Flag sort. This implementation is non-recursive and uses only * one auxiliary array. *

* For additional documentation, * see Section 5.1 of * Algorithms, 4th Edition by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne * and * Engineering Radix Sort by McIlroy and Bostic. * For a version that uses two auxiliary arrays, see {@link AmericanFlag}. * * @author Ivan Pesin */ public class AmericanFlagX { private static final int R = 256; // extend ASCII alphabet size private static final int CUTOFF = 15; // cutoff to insertion sort // do not instantiate private AmericanFlagX() { } // return dth character of s, -1 if d = length of string private static int charAt(String s, int d) { assert d >= 0 && d <= s.length(); if (d == s.length()) return -1; return s.charAt(d); } /** * Rearranges the array of extended ASCII strings in ascending order. * This is an unstable in-place sorting algorithm. * * @param a the array to be sorted */ public static void sort(String[] a) { sort(a, 0, a.length - 1); } // sort from a[lo] to a[hi], starting at the dth character public static void sort(String[] a, int lo, int hi) { // one-time allocation of data structures Stack st = new Stack(); int[] count = new int[R+1]; int d = 0; // character index to sort by st.push(lo); st.push(hi); st.push(d); while (!st.isEmpty()) { d = st.pop(); hi = st.pop(); lo = st.pop(); if (hi <= lo + CUTOFF) { insertion(a, lo, hi, d); continue; } // compute frequency counts for (int i = lo; i <= hi; i++) { int c = charAt(a[i], d) + 1; // account for -1 representing end-of-string count[c]++; } // accumulate counts relative to a[0], so that // count[c] is the number of keys <= c count[0] += lo; for (int c = 0; c < R; c++) { count[c+1] += count[c]; if (c > 0 && count[c+1]-1 > count[c]) { // add subproblem for character c (excludes sentinel c == 0) st.push(count[c]); st.push(count[c+1]-1); st.push(d+1); } } // permute data in place // for details and proof see Knuth Theorem 5.1.2B and ch 5.2 exercise 13. for (int r = hi; r >= lo; r--) { // locate element that must be shifted right of r int c = charAt(a[r], d) + 1; while (r >= lo && count[c]-1 <= r) { if (count[c]-1 == r) count[c]--; r--; if (r >= lo) c = charAt(a[r], d) + 1; } // if r < lo the subarray is sorted. if (r < lo) break; // permute a[r] until correct element is in place while (--count[c] != r) { exch(a, r, count[c]); c = charAt(a[r], d) + 1; } } // clear count[] array for (int c = 0; c < R+1; c++) count[c] = 0; } } // insertion sort a[lo..hi], starting at dth character private static void insertion(String[] a, int lo, int hi, int d) { for (int i = lo; i <= hi; i++) for (int j = i; j > lo && less(a[j], a[j-1], d); j--) exch(a, j, j-1); } // exchange a[i] and a[j] private static void exch(String[] a, int i, int j) { String temp = a[i]; a[i] = a[j]; a[j] = temp; } // is v less than w, starting at character d private static boolean less(String v, String w, int d) { // assert v.substring(0, d).equals(w.substring(0, d)); for (int i = d; i < Math.min(v.length(), w.length()); i++) { if (v.charAt(i) < w.charAt(i)) return true; if (v.charAt(i) > w.charAt(i)) return false; } return v.length() < w.length(); } /** * Reads in a sequence of extended ASCII strings or non-negative ints from standard input; * American flag sorts them; * and prints them to standard output in ascending order. * * @param args the command-line arguments */ public static void main(String[] args) { String[] a = StdIn.readAllStrings(); sort(a); // print results for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++) StdOut.println(a[i]); } }