From 7f49918bfd0bce776e51c4e1814ade0f0e78a0c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amir <43786077+ahsNT@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 18:20:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add Stooge Sort (#2521) (#2522)

---
 Sorts/StoogeSort.java | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Sorts/StoogeSort.java

diff --git a/Sorts/StoogeSort.java b/Sorts/StoogeSort.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6669d7f12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sorts/StoogeSort.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package Sorts;
+
+/**
+ * @author Amir Hassan (https://github.com/ahsNT)
+ * @see SortAlgorithm
+ */
+public class StoogeSort implements SortAlgorithm {
+
+    @Override
+    public <T extends Comparable<T>> T[] sort(T[] unsortedArray) {
+        sort(unsortedArray, 0, unsortedArray.length);
+        return unsortedArray;
+    }
+
+    public <T extends Comparable<T>> T[] sort(T[] unsortedArray, int start, int end) {
+        if (SortUtils.less(unsortedArray[end - 1], unsortedArray[start])) {
+            T temp = unsortedArray[start];
+            unsortedArray[start] = unsortedArray[end - 1];
+            unsortedArray[end - 1] = temp;
+        }
+
+        int len = end - start;
+        if (len > 2) {
+            int third = len / 3;
+            sort(unsortedArray, start, end - third);
+            sort(unsortedArray, start + third, end);
+            sort(unsortedArray, start, end - third);
+        }
+        return unsortedArray;
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        StoogeSort stoogeSort = new StoogeSort();
+
+        Integer[] integerArray = {8, 84, 53, 953, 64, 2, 202};
+        // Print integerArray unsorted
+        SortUtils.print(integerArray);
+
+        stoogeSort.sort(integerArray);
+        // Print integerArray sorted
+        SortUtils.print(integerArray);
+
+        String[] stringArray = {"g", "d", "a", "b", "f", "c", "e"};
+        // Print stringArray unsorted
+        SortUtils.print(stringArray);
+
+        stoogeSort.sort(stringArray);
+        // Print stringArray sorted
+        SortUtils.print(stringArray);
+    }
+}