This is the Result of that of the Merge Sort Function:
I have never been more confused!!, practically spent the whole day on
this piece of code:
Splitting [54, 26, 93, 17, 77, 31, 44, 55, 20]
Splitting [54, 26, 93, 17]
Splitting [54, 26]
Splitting [54]
Merging [54]
Splitting [26]
Merging [26]
Merging [26, 54]
Splitting [93, 17]
Splitting [93]
Merging [93]
Splitting [17]
Merging [17]
Merging [17, 93]
Merging [17, 26, 54, 93]
Splitting [77, 31, 44, 55, 20]
Splitting [77, 31]
Splitting [77]
Merging [77]
Splitting [31]
Merging [31]
Merging [31, 77]
Splitting [44, 55, 20]
Splitting [44]
Merging [44]
Splitting [55, 20]
Splitting [55]
Merging [55]
Splitting [20]
Merging [20]
Merging [20, 55]
Merging [20, 44, 55]
Merging [20, 31, 44, 55, 77]
Merging [17, 20, 26, 31, 44, 54, 55, 77, 93]
[17, 20, 26, 31, 44, 54, 55, 77, 93]
On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 3:56 PM, Elo Okonkwo <elo.okon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can someone pls explain this Merge Sort Algorithm, especially the Recursive
> bit of it.
>
> def mergeSort(alist):
> print("Splitting ",alist)
> if len(alist)>1:
> mid = len(alist)//2
> lefthalf = alist[:mid]
> righthalf = alist[mid:]
>
> mergeSort(lefthalf)
> mergeSort(righthalf)
>
> i=0
> j=0
> k=0
> while i < len(lefthalf) and j < len(righthalf):
> if lefthalf[i] < righthalf[j]:
> alist[k]=lefthalf[i]
> i=i+1
> else:
> alist[k]=righthalf[j]
> j=j+1
> k=k+1
>
> while i < len(lefthalf):
> alist[k]=lefthalf[i]
> i=i+1
> k=k+1
>
> while j < len(righthalf):
> alist[k]=righthalf[j]
> j=j+1
> k=k+1
> print("Merging ",alist)
>
> alist = [54,26,93,17,77,31,44,55,20]
> mergeSort(alist)
> print(alist)
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