added PigeonHoleSort algorithm

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Chris Kolonas
2020-11-25 21:10:50 +02:00
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/*
*Pigeonhole sorting is a sorting algorithm that is suitable
* for sorting lists of elements where the number of elements
* (n) and the length of the range of possible key values (N)
* are approximately the same.
*/
function pigeonhole_sort(arr){
var min = arr[0];
var max = arr[0];
for(let i=0; i<arr.length; i++)
{
if(arr[i] > max)
max = arr[i];
if(arr[i] < min)
min = arr[i];
}
console.log(max);
console.log(min);
var range = max - min + 1;
let pigeonhole = Array(range).fill(0);
for(let i = 0; i<arr.length; i++){
pigeonhole[arr[i] - min]++;
}
let index = 0;
for(let j = 0; j<range; j++){
while(pigeonhole[j]-->0){
arr[index++]=j+min;
}
}
}
//Driver code
var arr=Array(8, 3, 2, 7, 4, 6, 8);
pigeonhole_sort(arr);
console.log(arr);