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A merge sort alogrithm in JS
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| const merge = function (arr1, arr2) { | |
| let output = []; | |
| let target; | |
| while (true) { | |
| if (arr1.length == 0 && arr2.length == 0) break; | |
| else if (arr1.length == 0 && arr2.length != 0) target = arr2; | |
| else if (arr1.length != 0 && arr2.length == 0) target = arr1; | |
| else { | |
| if (arr1[0] > arr2[0]) target = arr2; | |
| else target = arr1; | |
| } | |
| output.push(target[0]); | |
| target = target.splice(0, 1); | |
| } | |
| return output; | |
| } | |
| const mergeSort = function (arr) { | |
| let output = [] | |
| if (arr.length == 1) { | |
| output.push(arr[0]); | |
| return output; | |
| } | |
| else { | |
| let middle = Math.floor(arr.length/2); | |
| let left = (arr.slice(0, middle)); | |
| let right = (arr.slice(middle)); | |
| let sortedLeft = mergeSort(left); | |
| let sortedRight = mergeSort(right); | |
| output = merge(sortedLeft, sortedRight); | |
| return output; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| module.exports=mergeSort |
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