Class MSD


  • public class MSD
    extends Object
    The MSD class provides static methods for sorting an array of extended ASCII strings or integers using MSD radix sort.

    For additional documentation, see Section 5.1 of Algorithms, 4th Edition by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne.

    Author:
    Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne
    • Method Detail

      • sort

        public static void sort​(String[] a)
        Rearranges the array of extended ASCII strings in ascending order.
        Parameters:
        a - the array to be sorted
      • sort

        public static void sort​(int[] a)
        Rearranges the array of 32-bit integers in ascending order. Currently assumes that the integers are nonnegative.
        Parameters:
        a - the array to be sorted
      • main

        public static void main​(String[] args)
        Reads in a sequence of extended ASCII strings from standard input; MSD radix sorts them; and prints them to standard output in ascending order.
        Parameters:
        args - the command-line arguments