only reason for considering k way merge was to do it O(n*m) time, but currently i am having problem merging even two sorted arrays in time linear to the sum of their size without extra space. any help ?
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 2:30 PM, atul anand <atul.87fri...@gmail.com> wrote: > Question says without extra space how can you sort it using K way merge. > > eg:- > > input:- > > 1 3 4 8 9 > 2 5 18 25 50 > 6 7 22 45 55 > > output:- > > 1 2 3 4 5 > 6 7 8 9 18 > 22 25 45 50 55 > > > On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Sanjay Rajpal <sanjay.raj...@live.in>wrote: > >> Where do we store the sorted list ? How do we do it in place ? >> >> * >> Sanjay Kumar >> B.Tech Final Year >> Department of Computer Engineering >> National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra >> Kurukshetra - 136119 >> Haryana, India >> Contact: +91-8053566286 >> * >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:34 AM, Sanjay Rajpal <sanjay.raj...@live.in>wrote: >> >>> How can it be mn log mn ? >>> >>> it will be O(mn) as we elements are sorted, we simply pick minimum at >>> each iteration of the loop. Since there are mn elements, so complexity will >>> be O(mn). >>> >>> Correct me if m wrong. >>> >>> * >>> Sanjay Kumar >>> B.Tech Final Year >>> Department of Computer Engineering >>> National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra >>> Kurukshetra - 136119 >>> Haryana, India >>> Contact: +91-8053566286 >>> * >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:29 AM, Ankur Garg <ankurga...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> If we use K merge I think the time complexity would be nm lognm >>>> >>>> I think we must try doing in O(m*n) >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Ankur Garg <ankurga...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> @Shady Rows are already sorted ... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 1:53 PM, shady <sinv...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> ^^ true, sort the rows and then a K-way merge. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Sanjay Rajpal <sanjay.raj...@live.in >>>>>> > wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I guess sort the array such that elements are sorted finally in such >>>>>>> a way that if we print them row by row, the result is a sorted array. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> K-way merge can be useful. >>>>>>> * >>>>>>> Sanjay Kumar >>>>>>> B.Tech Final Year >>>>>>> Department of Computer Engineering >>>>>>> National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra >>>>>>> Kurukshetra - 136119 >>>>>>> Haryana, India >>>>>>> Contact: +91-8053566286 >>>>>>> * >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 11:28 PM, prakash y >>>>>>> <yprakash....@gmail.com>wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> "sort the whole matrix in ascending array" means? >>>>>>>> can you please explain ? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:53 PM, atul anand < >>>>>>>> atul.87fri...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Given 2D array. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The rows are sorted in ascending order and the colums are sorted >>>>>>>>> in ascending order. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> We have to sort the whole matrix in ascending array. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> We cannot use extra space. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>>> Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. >>>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>>>> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>> Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. >>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>>> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. 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