/** * Merge Sort is an algorithm where the main list is divided down into two half * sized lists, which then have merge sort called on these two smaller lists * recursively until there is only a sorted list of one. * * On the way up the recursive calls, the lists will be merged together inserting * the smaller value first, creating a larger sorted list. */ /** * Sort and merge two given arrays * @param {Array} list1 - sublist to break down * @param {Array} list2 - sublist to break down * @return {Array} merged list */ /* * Doctests * > merge([5, 4],[ 1, 2, 3]) * [1, 2, 3, 5, 4] * > merge([],[1, 2]) * [1, 2] * > merge([1, 2, 3], [1]) * [1, 1, 2, 3] * > merge([], []) * [] * * > mergeSort([5, 4]) * [4, 5] * > mergeSort([8, 4, 10, 15, 9]) * [4, 8, 9, 10, 15] * > mergeSort([1, 2, 3]) * [1, 2, 3] * > mergeSort([ ]) * [ ] */ function merge (list1, list2) { const results = [] let i = 0 let j = 0 while (i < list1.length && j < list2.length) { if (list1[i] < list2[j]) { results.push(list1[i++]) } else { results.push(list2[j++]) } } return results.concat(list1.slice(i), list2.slice(j)) } /** * Break down the lists into smaller pieces to be merged * @param {Array} list - list to be sorted * @return {Array} sorted list */ function mergeSort (list) { if (list.length < 2) return list const listHalf = Math.floor(list.length / 2) const subList1 = list.slice(0, listHalf) const subList2 = list.slice(listHalf, list.length) return merge(mergeSort(subList1), mergeSort(subList2)) } // Merge Sort Example const unsortedArray = [10, 5, 3, 8, 2, 6, 4, 7, 9, 1] const sortedArray = mergeSort(unsortedArray) console.log('Before:', unsortedArray, 'After:', sortedArray)