what does a merge sort do code example
Example: merge sort algorithm
#include <stdio.h>
void mergeSort(int a[], int p, int r)
{
int q;
if(p < r)
{
q = (p + r) / 2;
mergeSort(a, p, q);
mergeSort(a, q+1, r);
merge(a, p, q, r);
}
}
void merge(int a[], int p, int q, int r)
{
int b[5];
int i, j, k;
k = 0;
i = p;
j = q + 1;
while(i <= q && j <= r)
{
if(a[i] < a[j])
{
b[k++] = a[i++];
}
else
{
b[k++] = a[j++];
}
}
while(i <= q)
{
b[k++] = a[i++];
}
while(j <= r)
{
b[k++] = a[j++];
}
for(i=r; i >= p; i--)
{
a[i] = b[--k];
}
}
void printArray(int a[], int size)
{
int i;
for (i=0; i < size; i++)
{
printf("%d ", a[i]);
}
printf("\n");
}
int main()
{
int arr[] = {32, 45, 67, 2, 7};
int len = sizeof(arr)/sizeof(arr[0]);
printf("Given array: \n");
printArray(arr, len);
mergeSort(arr, 0, len - 1);
printf("\nSorted array: \n");
printArray(arr, len);
return 0;
}