Sorting algorithms/Gnome sort
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Sorting Algorithm
This is a sorting algorithm. It may be applied to a set of data in order to sort it.
For comparing various sorts, see compare sorts.
For other sorting algorithms, see sorting algorithms, or:
Heap sort | Merge sort | Patience sort | Quick sort
O(n log2n) sorts
Shell Sort
O(n2) sorts
Bubble sort |
Cocktail sort |
Cocktail sort with shifting bounds |
Comb sort |
Cycle sort |
Gnome sort |
Insertion sort |
Selection sort |
Strand sort
other sorts
Bead sort |
Bogo sort |
Common sorted list |
Composite structures sort |
Custom comparator sort |
Counting sort |
Disjoint sublist sort |
External sort |
Jort sort |
Lexicographical sort |
Natural sorting |
Order by pair comparisons |
Order disjoint list items |
Order two numerical lists |
Object identifier (OID) sort |
Pancake sort |
Quickselect |
Permutation sort |
Radix sort |
Ranking methods |
Remove duplicate elements |
Sleep sort |
Stooge sort |
[Sort letters of a string] |
Three variable sort |
Topological sort |
Tree sort
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Gnome sort is a sorting algorithm which is similar to Insertion sort, except that moving an element to its proper place is accomplished by a series of swaps, as in Bubble Sort.
The pseudocode for the algorithm is:
function gnomeSort(a[0..size-1]) {
i := 1
j := 2
while i < size
if a[i-1] <= a[i] # for descending sort, reverse the comparison to >=
i := j
j := j + 1
else
swap a[i-1] and a[i]
i := i - 1
if i = 0
i := j
j := j + 1
}
Task: implement the Gnome sort in your language to sort an array (or list) of numbers.
ALGOL 68
<lang algol>MODE SORTSTRUCT = CHAR;
PROC inplace gnome sort = (REF[]SORTSTRUCT list)REF[]SORTSTRUCT: BEGIN
INT i:=LWB list + 1, j:=LWB list + 2;
WHILE i <= UPB list DO
IF list[i-1] <= list[i] THEN
i := j; j+:=1
ELSE
SORTSTRUCT swap = list[i-1]; list[i-1]:= list[i]; list[i]:= swap;
i-:=1;
IF i=LWB list THEN i:=j; j+:=1 FI
FI
OD;
list
END;
PROC gnome sort = ([]SORTSTRUCT seq)[]SORTSTRUCT:
in place gnome sort(LOC[LWB seq: UPB seq]SORTSTRUCT:=seq);
[]SORTSTRUCT char array data = "big fjords vex quick waltz nymph"; print((gnome sort(char array data), new line))</lang> Output:
abcdefghiijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
BASIC
<lang qbasic>dim a(0 to n-1) as integer '...more code... sort: i = 1 j = 2
while(i < ubound(a) - lbound(a))
if a(i-1) <= a(i) then
i = j
j = j + 1
else
swap a(i-1), a(i)
i = i - 1
if i = 0 then
i = j
j = j + 1
end if
end if
wend</lang>
C
This algorithm sorts in place modifying the passed array (of n integer numbers).
<lang c>#define swap_(I,J) do { int t_; t_ = a[(I)]; \
a[(I)] = a[(J)]; a[(J)] = t_; } while(0)
void gnome_sort(int *a, int n) {
int i=1, j=2;
while(i < n) {
if ( a[i-1] <= a[i] ) {
i = j; j++;
} else {
swap_(i-1, i);
i--;
i = (i==0) ? j++ : i;
}
}
}
- undef swap_</lang>
Java
<lang java>public static void gnomeSort(int[] a) {
int i=1;
int j=2;
while(i < a.length) {
if ( a[i-1] <= a[i] ) {
i = j; j++;
} else {
int tmp = a[i-1];
a[i-1] = a[i];
a[i--] = tmp;
i = (i==0) ? j++ : i;
}
}
}</lang>
Metafont
<lang metafont>def gnomesort(suffix v)(expr n) = begingroup save i, j, t;
i := 1; j := 2;
forever: exitif not (i < n);
if v[i-1] <= v[i]:
i := j; j := j + 1;
else:
t := v[i-1];
v[i-1] := v[i];
v[i] := t;
i := i - 1;
i := if i=0: j; j := j + 1 else: i fi;
fi
endfor
endgroup enddef;</lang>
<lang metafont>numeric a[]; for i = 0 upto 9: a[i] := uniformdeviate(40); message decimal a[i]; endfor message char10;
gnomesort(a, 10); for i = 0 upto 9: message decimal a[i]; endfor end</lang>
Python
<lang python>>>> def gnomesort(a): i,j,size = 1,2,len(a) while i < size: if a[i-1] <= a[i]: i,j = j, j+1 else: a[i-1],a[i] = a[i],a[i-1] i -= 1 if i == 0: i,j = j, j+1 return a
>>> gnomesort([3,4,2,5,1,6]) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] >>> </lang>
Smalltalk
<lang smalltalk>Smalltalk at: #gnomesort put: nil.
"Utility" OrderedCollection extend [
swap: a with: b [ |t|
t := self at: a.
self at: a put: b.
self at: b put: t
]
].
"Gnome sort as block closure" gnomesort := [ :c |
|i j|
i := 2. j := 3.
[ i <= (c size) ]
whileTrue: [
(c at: (i-1)) <= (c at: i)
ifTrue: [
i := j copy.
j := j + 1.
]
ifFalse: [
c swap: (i-1) with: i.
i := i - 1.
i == 0
ifTrue: [
i := j copy.
j := j + 1
]
]
]
].</lang>
Testing
<lang smalltalk>|r o| r := Random new. o := OrderedCollection new.
1 to: 10 do: [ :i | o add: (r between: 0 and: 50) ].
gnomesort value: o.
1 to: 10 do: [ :i | (o at: i) displayNl ].</lang>
Tcl
<lang tcl>package require Tcl 8.5 package require struct::list
proc gnomesort {a} {
set i 1
set j 2
set size [llength $a]
while {$i < $size} {
if {[lindex $a [expr {$i - 1}]] <= [lindex $a $i]} {
set i $j
incr j
} else {
struct::list swap a [expr {$i - 1}] $i
incr i -1
if {$i == 0} {
set i $j
incr j
}
}
}
return $a
}
puts [gnomesort {8 6 4 2 1 3 5 7 9}] ;# => 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9</lang>