/* * Build a max heap out of the array. A heap is a specialized tree like * data structure that satisfies the heap property. The heap property * for max heap is the following: "if P is a parent node of C, then the * key (the value) of node P is greater than the key of node C" * Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heap_(data_structure) */ Array.prototype.heapify = function (index, heapSize) { let largest = index; let leftIndex = 2 * index + 1; let rightIndex = 2 * index + 2; if (leftIndex < heapSize && this[leftIndex] > this[largest]) { largest = leftIndex; } if (rightIndex < heapSize && this[rightIndex] > this[largest]) { largest = rightIndex; } if (largest !== index) { let temp = this[largest]; this[largest] = this[index]; this[index] = temp; this.heapify(largest, heapSize); } }; /* * Heap sort sorts an array by building a heap from the array and * utilizing the heap property. * For more information see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heapsort */ function heapSort(items) { let length = items.length; for (let i = Math.floor(length / 2) - 1; i > -1; i--) { items.heapify(i, length); } for (let j = length -1; j > 0; j--) { let tmp = items[0]; items[0] = items[j]; items[j] = tmp; items.heapify(0, j); } return items; } //Implementation of heapSort var ar = [5, 6, 7, 8, 1, 2, 12, 14]; //Array before Sort console.log(ar); heapSort(ar); //Array after sort console.log(ar);