programming merge sort code example

Example 1: merge sort c#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace Merge_sort
{    
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            List<int> unsorted = new List<int>();
            List<int> sorted;

            Random random = new Random();

            Console.WriteLine("Original array elements:" );
            for(int i = 0; i< 10;i++){
                unsorted.Add(random.Next(0,100));
                Console.Write(unsorted[i]+" ");
            }
            Console.WriteLine();

            sorted = MergeSort(unsorted);

            Console.WriteLine("Sorted array elements: ");
            foreach (int x in sorted)
            {
                Console.Write(x+" ");
            }
			Console.Write("\n");
        }
		

        private static List<int> MergeSort(List<int> unsorted)
        {
            if (unsorted.Count <= 1)
                return unsorted;

            List<int> left = new List<int>();
            List<int> right = new List<int>();

            int middle = unsorted.Count / 2;
            for (int i = 0; i < middle;i++)  //Dividing the unsorted list
            {
                left.Add(unsorted[i]);
            }
            for (int i = middle; i < unsorted.Count; i++)
            {
                right.Add(unsorted[i]);
            }

            left = MergeSort(left);
            right = MergeSort(right);
            return Merge(left, right);
        }

        private static List<int> Merge(List<int> left, List<int> right)
        {
            List<int> result = new List<int>();

            while(left.Count > 0 || right.Count>0)
            {
                if (left.Count > 0 && right.Count > 0)
                {
                    if (left.First() <= right.First())  //Comparing First two elements to see which is smaller
                    {
                        result.Add(left.First());
                        left.Remove(left.First());      //Rest of the list minus the first element
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        result.Add(right.First());
                        right.Remove(right.First());
                    }
                }
                else if(left.Count>0)
                {
                    result.Add(left.First());
                    left.Remove(left.First());
                }
                else if (right.Count > 0)
                {
                    result.Add(right.First());

                    right.Remove(right.First());    
                }    
            }
            return result;
        }
    }
}

Example 2: Merge sort in c++

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
 

void merge(int arr[], int l, int m, int r)
{
    int n1 = m - l + 1;
    int n2 = r - m;
 
 
    int L[n1], R[n2];
 
   
    for (int i = 0; i < n1; i++)
        L[i] = arr[l + i];
    for (int j = 0; j < n2; j++)
        R[j] = arr[m + 1 + j];

 
    int i = 0;
 
    
    int j = 0;
 
    
    int k = l;
 
    while (i < n1 && j < n2) {
        if (L[i] <= R[j]) {
            arr[k] = L[i];
            i++;
        }
        else {
            arr[k] = R[j];
            j++;
        }
        k++;
    }
 
  
    while (i < n1) {
        arr[k] = L[i];
        i++;
        k++;
    }
 
   
    while (j < n2) {
        arr[k] = R[j];
        j++;
        k++;
    }
}
 

void mergeSort(int arr[],int l,int r){
    if(l>=r){
        return;
    }
    int m = (l+r-1)/2;
    mergeSort(arr,l,m);
    mergeSort(arr,m+1,r);
    merge(arr,l,m,r);
}
 

void printArray(int A[], int size)
{
    for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
        cout << A[i] << " ";
}
 

int main()
{
    int arr[] = { 12, 11, 13, 5, 6, 7 };
    int arr_size = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
 
    cout << "Given array is \n";
    printArray(arr, arr_size);
 
    mergeSort(arr, 0, arr_size - 1);
 
    cout << "\nSorted array is \n";
    printArray(arr, arr_size);
    return 0;
}