[algogeeks] Sort 7 numbers of 4 digits each

2012-07-31 Thread Sambhavna Singh
Hi, We need to sort 7 numbers each of 4 digits. What is the number of comparisons in worst case . Options are as follows: 1) 40 2) 38 3) 47 4) 280 Please also explain why so? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Algorithm Geeks group. To post to this

Re: [algogeeks] sort 2D array

2012-01-11 Thread shady
^^ true, sort the rows and then a K-way merge. On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Sanjay Rajpal sanjay.raj...@live.inwrote: 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. *

Re: [algogeeks] sort 2D array

2012-01-11 Thread Ankur Garg
@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.inwrote: I guess sort the array such that elements are sorted finally in such

Re: [algogeeks] sort 2D array

2012-01-11 Thread Sanjay Rajpal
But the question says without extra space ? How do we do that without space ? * 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 12:24 AM, Ankur

Re: [algogeeks] sort 2D array

2012-01-11 Thread Ankur Garg
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

Re: [algogeeks] sort 2D array

2012-01-11 Thread Sanjay Rajpal
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

Re: [algogeeks] sort 2D array

2012-01-11 Thread Sanjay Rajpal
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

Re: [algogeeks] sort 2D array

2012-01-11 Thread atul anand
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:- 12 3 45 67 8 9 18 22 25 45 50 55 On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Sanjay Rajpal sanjay.raj...@live.inwrote: Where do

Re: [algogeeks] sort 2D array

2012-01-11 Thread Dipit Grover
@Lucifer : I came up with a similar algorithm as yours but I dont understand your complexity analysis : sum over all i (1 to M} { i*(M+N-i) } . Shouldnt it be M * sum over all i(1 to N) {(M+N-i)} ? M= no of columns, N= no of rows . Since we always have the min element at the 0th column of

Re: [algogeeks] sort 2D array

2012-01-11 Thread shady
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

[algogeeks] sort 2D array

2012-01-10 Thread atul anand
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

Re: [algogeeks] sort 2D array

2012-01-10 Thread prakash y
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.comwrote: 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

Re: [algogeeks] sort 2D array

2012-01-10 Thread Sanjay Rajpal
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 -

[algogeeks] Sort problem

2011-08-30 Thread Navneet Gupta
Given an array of size n wherein elements keep on increasing monotically upto a certain location after which they keep on decreasing monotically, then again keep on increasing, then decreasing again and so on. Sort the array in place (ie. using only O(1) extra memory) -- Regards, Navneet --

Re: [algogeeks] Sort IT

2011-08-02 Thread sunny agrawal
Radix sort is one of the solution. because this Question is in the section Radix sort in CLRS. :) On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Ravinder Kumar ravinde...@gmail.comwrote: I have little thought on this : divide the whole array by n and store their remainder also in an array now number in

Re: [algogeeks] Sort IT

2011-08-02 Thread payel roy
Can you please elaborate ?? On 2 August 2011 12:38, sunny agrawal sunny816.i...@gmail.com wrote: Radix sort is one of the solution. because this Question is in the section Radix sort in CLRS. :) On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Ravinder Kumar ravinde...@gmail.comwrote: I have little

Re: [algogeeks] Sort IT

2011-08-02 Thread Harshit Kapoor
I think that we can do it by first passing through an array once and convert all the interger to the base N in O(N). Since all elements are in the range 1 to N^2 they can have atmost 3 digits.Now apply radix sort which will be O( dn ) where d=3 in this case .= O(n) when done convert them back to

Re: [algogeeks] Sort IT

2011-08-02 Thread payel roy
It may create duplicate numbers while converting into base N. How do recognize them while converting into base(N^2)?? On 2 August 2011 17:20, Harshit Kapoor kapoor...@gmail.com wrote: I think that we can do it by first passing through an array once and convert all the interger to the base N in

Re: [algogeeks] Sort IT

2011-08-02 Thread vaibhav shukla
we can use radix sort On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 7:41 PM, payel roy smithpa...@gmail.com wrote: It may create duplicate numbers while converting into base N. How do recognize them while converting into base(N^2)?? On 2 August 2011 17:20, Harshit Kapoor kapoor...@gmail.com wrote: I think that

Re: [algogeeks] Sort IT

2011-08-02 Thread pankaj kumar
int a[N^2]={0},i,j; for(i=0;iN^2;i++) { cinj; a[j]++; } for(i=0;iN^2;i++) { if(a[i]!=0) { while(a[i]--) { couti\t; } } -- 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

Re: [algogeeks] Sort IT

2011-08-02 Thread Harshit Kapoor
How is it possible?? On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 7:41 PM, payel roy smithpa...@gmail.com wrote: It may create duplicate numbers while converting into base N. How do recognize them while converting into base(N^2)?? On 2 August 2011 17:20, Harshit Kapoor kapoor...@gmail.com wrote: I think that

[algogeeks] Sort IT

2011-08-01 Thread payel saha
You have an integer array of length N, containing values in the range 1,2,3…N^2. Sort the array in O(N) time -- 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

Re: [algogeeks] Sort IT

2011-08-01 Thread kumar raja
How is it possible.If the range is 1 to N then we could use counting sort.But how can we do it in linear time .Any kind of sorting algorithm exists for this case?? On 1 August 2011 21:03, payel saha smithpa...@gmail.com wrote: You have an integer array of length N, containing values in the

Re: [algogeeks] Sort IT

2011-08-01 Thread ankit sambyal
@raja : The range is 1-N^2 and not 1-N. Had it been 1-N , we could have easily sorted the array in O(N) time using bit map. -- 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

Re: [algogeeks] Sort IT

2011-08-01 Thread kumar raja
@ankit: Thats what i am saying as well .If The range is till N^2. how can we sort it in linear time?? If you know the answer please post it. On 1 August 2011 21:47, ankit sambyal ankitsamb...@gmail.com wrote: @raja : The range is 1-N^2 and not 1-N. Had it been 1-N , we could have easily sorted

Re: [algogeeks] Sort IT

2011-08-01 Thread Ravinder Kumar
I have little thought on this : divide the whole array by n and store their remainder also in an array now number in original array are in range 1-n sort the array and when two number with same break the tie using remainder array recreate the array using remainder array . -- *With Regards :*

Re: [algogeeks] Sort - Consecutive Array in O(n)

2011-07-06 Thread Anantha Krishnan
Check this *int isconsecutive(int a[], int n) {* *if (n 1) {* *return 0;* *}* *int max = a[0], min = a[0];* *int i = 0;* * * *int *hash = (int*) calloc(n, sizeof (int));* * * *//find min and max from the array* *for (i = 1; i n; i++) {* *if (a[i]

Re: [algogeeks] Sort - Consecutive Array in O(n)

2011-07-06 Thread Sathaiah Dontula
How about doing like this ?. Without loss of generality, I can assume that numbers starts from 1 (if not, if it starts from ZERO, add by 1 to all the numbers, if it is negative, find the min value, assume it is X, add by (-X)+1)) Now assume numbers are M, compute the product of the numbers and

Re: [algogeeks] Sort - Consecutive Array in O(n)

2011-07-06 Thread sunny agrawal
@ Sathaiah Dontula i think this won't work Because product of m consecutive integers is divisible by m! but reverse is not true ie. if product of m integers is divisible by m! then they are consecutive ?? correct me if i am wrong!! On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Sathaiah Dontula

[algogeeks] Sort - Consecutive Array in O(n)

2011-06-24 Thread ross
Given an array, A, find if all elements in the sorted version of A are consecutive in less than O(nlogn). eg: A: 5 4 1 2 3 on sorting 1 2 3 4 5 all elements are consecutive -- true A: 1 9 2 22 on sorting 1 2 9 22 all elements are NOT consecutive - false -- You received this message because you

[algogeeks] sort the array

2011-06-21 Thread aanchal goyal
you have an array of size n where first n/2 is sorted and the sencond half is sorted . You need to sort the entire array inplace Its second modification version is where first part is sorted and other is NOT sorted . You need to make entire sorted . -- Regards,* Aanchal Goyal*. -- You received

Re: [algogeeks] sort the array

2011-06-21 Thread Anika Jain
its like inplace mergesort On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:13 PM, aanchal goyal goyal.aanch...@gmail.comwrote: you have an array of size n where first n/2 is sorted and the sencond half is sorted . You need to sort the entire array inplace Its second modification version is where first part is

Re: [algogeeks] sort the array

2011-06-21 Thread Praveen
i think we can use insertion sort On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Anika Jain anika.jai...@gmail.com wrote: its like inplace mergesort On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:13 PM, aanchal goyal goyal.aanch...@gmail.comwrote: you have an array of size n where first n/2 is sorted and the sencond

Re: [algogeeks] sort the array

2011-06-21 Thread himanshu kansal
@anika: yar merge sort vl tk nlogn timeinstead u cn do dt maintain two ptrs one at the beginning and one intitially pointing to middle of the array... thn compare the elemnts pointed by them and swap the values if necesary nd incremnt d ptr as u go on... ths vl tk (n/2)+(n/2)-1 =O(n) time

Re: [algogeeks] sort the array

2011-06-21 Thread Sriganesh Krishnan
ya...we can do it in O(n) n time!!! nice question! On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:01 PM, himanshu kansal himanshukansal...@gmail.com wrote: @anika: yar merge sort vl tk nlogn timeinstead u cn do dt maintain two ptrs one at the beginning and one intitially pointing to middle of the array...

[algogeeks] sort in minimum cost

2011-04-25 Thread snehal jain
Given n elements, sort the elements. Here, only one operation is permitted decreaseValue.. Note that you cannot swap the values.. output should be a sorted list.. if input is 4 5 2 1 3 output is 3 3 3.. There can be many answers.. Give the optimum solution with minimum cost. where as cost is the

Re: [algogeeks] sort in minimum cost

2011-04-25 Thread hary rathor
pls send more example -- 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,

[algogeeks] Sort array with two subparts sorted

2011-04-12 Thread Akash Agrawal
Given an array with two subparts sorted. How will you make a final sorted array. i/p: 1, 5, 7, 9, 11, 23, 2, 3, 8, 9, 21 o/p: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 9, 11, 21, 23 Regards, Akash Agrawal http://tech-queries.blogspot.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: [algogeeks] Sort array with two subparts sorted

2011-04-12 Thread rajul jain
use merge sort On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Akash Agrawal akash.agrawa...@gmail.comwrote: Given an array with two subparts sorted. How will you make a final sorted array. i/p: 1, 5, 7, 9, 11, 23, 2, 3, 8, 9, 21 o/p: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 9, 11, 21, 23 Regards, Akash Agrawal

Re: [algogeeks] Sort array with two subparts sorted

2011-04-12 Thread Akash Agrawal
This is obvious solution what if u have contant space? Regards, Akash Agrawal http://tech-queries.blogspot.com/ On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 3:48 PM, rajul jain rajuljain...@gmail.com wrote: use merge sort On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Akash Agrawal akash.agrawa...@gmail.comwrote: Given

Re: [algogeeks] Sort array with two subparts sorted

2011-04-12 Thread vaibhav agrawal
Maintain two pointers, and swap elements... On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Akash Agrawal akash.agrawa...@gmail.comwrote: This is obvious solution what if u have contant space? Regards, Akash Agrawal http://tech-queries.blogspot.com/ On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 3:48 PM, rajul jain

[algogeeks] sort partially sorted linked list

2011-03-02 Thread snehal jain
The LL is in alternating ascending and descendin orders. Sort the list efficiently egs: 1-2-3-12-11-2-10-6-NULL -- 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

Re: [algogeeks] sort partially sorted linked list

2011-03-02 Thread Shreyas VA
I think in this case bubble sort with early exit will be efficient On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 8:16 PM, snehal jain learner@gmail.com wrote: The LL is in alternating ascending and descendin orders. Sort the list efficiently egs: 1-2-3-12-11-2-10-6-NULL -- You received this message because

Re: [algogeeks] sort partially sorted linked list

2011-03-02 Thread Ashish Goel
find two consecutive sequences(can be two increasing2I, 1i1d,1d1i,2D), merge them and then merge every next sequence with this merged sequence Best Regards Ashish Goel Think positive and find fuel in failure +919985813081 +919966006652 On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 8:33 PM, Shreyas VA

[algogeeks] Sort string based upon the count of characters

2011-01-12 Thread Davin
Smaple Data : input : abcdacdc Output : cadb If the count is same for characters. maintain the original order of the characters from input string. Please do let me know for any clarification. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Algorithm Geeks group.

Re: [algogeeks] Sort string based upon the count of characters

2011-01-12 Thread sourabh jakhar
we can use the count sort array in this to count the frequencies of character (array size would be fixed 26) and sort that counting array by again count sort or quick sort in decrsaing order and than print the valur in ascci format '97+i'. On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Davin

Re: [algogeeks] Sort string based upon the count of characters

2011-01-12 Thread Bhavesh agrawal
we can also the concept of HASHING to count the frequency of each character . On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Davin dkthar...@googlemail.com wrote: Smaple Data : input : abcdacdc Output : cadb If the count is same for characters. maintain the original order of the characters from

[algogeeks] sort

2010-12-21 Thread snehal jain
Given an array having 16000 unique integers, each lying within the range 12, how do u sort it. U can load only 1000 numbers at a time in memory -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Algorithm Geeks group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: [algogeeks] sort

2010-12-21 Thread Saurabh Koar
See External Sort at Wiki. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Algorithm Geeks group. To post to this group, send email to algoge...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more

[algogeeks] sort array

2010-12-15 Thread divya
Given an array of size n wherein elements keep on increasing monotically upto a certain location after which they keep on decreasing monotically, then again keep on increasing, then decreasing again and so on. Sort the array in place (ie. using only O(1) extra memory). -- You received this

Re: [algogeeks] sort array

2010-12-15 Thread Soumya Prasad Ukil
First determine the point from which array becomes decreasing. Then In-place merge sort. On 14 December 2010 23:22, divya sweetdivya@gmail.com wrote: Given an array of size n wherein elements keep on increasing monotically upto a certain location after which they keep on decreasing

[algogeeks] Sort in Linear time O(n)

2010-10-02 Thread Harshal ..Bet oN iT!!
you are given n integers in the range 0 to n3-1 ((n to the power 3) - 1) . how can u sort the numbers in O(n)? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Algorithm Geeks group. To post to this group, send email to algoge...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from

Re: [algogeeks] Sort in Linear time O(n)

2010-10-02 Thread vaibhav shukla
use radix sort On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 10:32 PM, Harshal ..Bet oN iT!! hc4...@gmail.comwrote: you are given n integers in the range 0 to n3-1 ((n to the power 3) - 1) . how can u sort the numbers in O(n)? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [algogeeks] Sort in Linear time O(n)

2010-10-02 Thread Harshal ..Bet oN iT!!
but the range (k) is cubic in n, if we use counting sort also in radix sort, k wont be of the order n, so how can solution be in linear time? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Algorithm Geeks group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: [algogeeks] Sort in Linear time O(n)

2010-10-02 Thread Shreyas
There is a theorem which states that a sorting algorithm must take o(nlogn) to sort a list of any possible values. however there are certain sorts like insertion sort where o(n) in the best case ie when a list is sorted. On 02-Oct-2010, at 10:32 PM, Harshal ..Bet oN iT!! hc4...@gmail.com

[algogeeks] sort

2010-07-24 Thread dreamer ................
You are given a doubly link list and out of some nodes of this doubly linked list, some other doubly link list emerge and from some of these emerging doubly linked list, more doubly link list emerge. You have to write a quick algo that merges all these doubly linked list into a singly linked list

Re: [algogeeks] sort in O(n)

2010-07-12 Thread srikanth sg
if we have 1 2 5 7 3 4 6 can you explain how to do in place merge... the elements are in an array ? On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 10:29 AM, jalaj jaiswal jalaj.jaiswa...@gmail.comwrote: its easy suppose the array is 12345 4321 2345 4321 it increases then dcreases then increases and

[algogeeks] sort in O(n)

2010-07-11 Thread srikanth sg
Given an array of size n wherein elements keep on increasing monotically upto a certain location after which they keep on decreasing monotically, then again keep on increasing, then decreasing again and so on. Sort the array in place (ie. using only O(1) extra memory). -- You received this

Re: [algogeeks] sort in O(n)

2010-07-11 Thread srikanth sg
thr is no search option there .. if u can gimme the link that will be good .. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Algorithm Geeks group. To post to this group, send email to algoge...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: [algogeeks] sort in O(n)

2010-07-11 Thread jalaj jaiswal
its easy suppose the array is 12345 4321 2345 4321 it increases then dcreases then increases and decreases again first of all in a single scan find the location of decreasing sub-arrays here it is 5 to 8 and 13-16 and reverse the decreasing array. so the array becomes 12345 1234 2345 1234 now

Re: [algogeeks] Sort

2010-07-10 Thread ashish agarwal
for sort you have to traverse array atleast once ..and after it some sorting procedure will come. On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Devendra Pratap Singh dpsingh.ii...@gmail.com wrote: plz write a code to Sort n integer in the range 1 to n^2 in O(n) -- You received this message because

Re: [algogeeks] Sort

2010-07-10 Thread jalaj jaiswal
take auxillary array O(n^2) space .. will it do.. or are there some more constraints ?? On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 1:25 AM, Devendra Pratap Singh dpsingh.ii...@gmail.com wrote: plz write a code to Sort n integer in the range 1 to n^2 in O(n) -- You received this message because you are

[algogeeks] Sort

2010-07-09 Thread Devendra Pratap Singh
plz write a code to Sort n integer in the range 1 to n^2 in O(n) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Algorithm Geeks group. To post to this group, send email to algoge...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: [algogeeks] sort in o(n)

2010-06-28 Thread jalaj jaiswal
left child=2*i+1,right child=2*i+2,parent=(i-1)2 #includeiostream using namespace std; void sort(int ); int a[]={100,50,150,25,75,125,200}; int main(){ sort(0); system(pause); return 0; } void sort(int i){ int n=7; if(i=0i=n-1){ sort(2*i+1);

Re: [algogeeks] sort

2010-06-25 Thread Anand
The most useful data structure would be BST. Each node will have data value and its count. count indicates the number of times it is repeated in a sequence. Below is the algo to creat a binary search tree. insert_node(int data, node root) { if(root == NULL) { root = malloc();

Re: [algogeeks] sort

2010-06-25 Thread jalaj jaiswal
you will have to call insert functuon for every integer for 1 to n insert(int n , node *root) wouldn't that be n*logn correct me if i'm wrong..!!! On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:37 PM, Anand anandut2...@gmail.com wrote: The most useful data structure would be BST. Each node will have

Re: [algogeeks] sort

2010-06-25 Thread jalaj jaiswal
if there is no space constraint we can use counting sort .. with O(logm) space and time complexity will be O(n) On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 5:51 PM, sharad kumar sharad20073...@gmail.comwrote: You are given an unordered sequence of n integers with many duplications, such that the number of

[algogeeks] Sort the data from a big file.

2009-12-21 Thread dinesh bansal
Hi All, Suppose I have a big file (~100M) containing integer data. I want to sort this file. The problem is I don't want to load the complete file data into main memory in one shot. I mean I can read the file in batches and sort the batch and save it in another file but cannot store the entire

Re: [algogeeks] Sort the data from a big file.

2009-12-21 Thread Linus Probert
If the numbers are unique you could use a bitmap-sort this way you could easily read just parts of the file at a time. If they aren't unique it gets a bit trickier. /L dinesh bansal wrote: Hi All, Suppose I have a big file (~100M) containing integer data. I want to sort this file. The

Re: [algogeeks] Sort the data from a big file.

2009-12-21 Thread dinesh bansal
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 6:47 PM, Linus Probert linus.prob...@gmail.comwrote: If the numbers are unique you could use a bitmap-sort this way you could easily read just parts of the file at a time. If they aren't unique it gets a bit trickier. /L dinesh bansal wrote: Hi All, Suppose I

Re: [algogeeks] Sort the data from a big file.

2009-12-21 Thread Karthik Reddy
could you describe what kind of data exists . i mean are duplicates allowed? On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 6:47 PM, Linus Probert linus.prob...@gmail.comwrote: If the numbers are unique you could use a bitmap-sort this way you could easily read just parts of the file at a time. If they aren't

Re: [algogeeks] Sort the data from a big file.

2009-12-21 Thread Abhilash L L
A merge sort would be helpful i guess... it can also happen in parallel and IIRC databases use them internally. Please correct me if im wrong. Regards, Abhilash On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 7:06 PM, dinesh bansal bansal...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 6:47 PM, Linus Probert

Re: [algogeeks] Sort the data from a big file.

2009-12-21 Thread Siddharth Prakash Singh
This wikipedia article on external sorting may help : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_sorting On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Abhilash L L llabhil...@gmail.com wrote: A merge sort would be helpful i guess... it can also happen in parallel and IIRC databases use them internally.

[algogeeks] sort the LL

2009-12-18 Thread richa
The LL is in alternating ascending and descendin orders. Sort the list efficiently egs: 1-2-3-12-11-2-10-6-NULL -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Algorithm Geeks group. To post to this group, send email to algoge...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe

[algogeeks] sort 2 d array

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give algorithm for the following -: 1. sort a 2-d array 2. sort a 2-d array in snake order --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Algorithm Geeks group. To post to this group, send email to