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1994-01-31
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-- Sorting --
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-- Sort a sequence of arbitrary objects into ascending order.
-- If you want to change the default ordering of objects in Euphoria
-- write your own compare() function to override the builtin compare,
-- then include this file after it.
global function sort(sequence x)
-- Shell sort - will sort any sequence of Euphoria objects
integer gap, j, first, last
object tempi, tempj
last = length(x)
gap = floor(last / 3) + 1
while 1 do
first = gap + 1
for i = first to last do
tempi = x[i]
j = i - gap
while 1 do
tempj = x[j]
if compare(tempi, tempj) >= 0 then
j = j + gap
exit
end if
x[j+gap] = tempj
if j <= gap then
exit
end if
j = j - gap
end while
x[j] = tempi
end for
if gap = 1 then
return x
else
gap = floor(gap / 3) + 1
end if
end while
end function