csc 211 data structures lecture 14

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CSC 211Data Structures

Lecture 14

Dr. Iftikhar Azim [email protected]

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Last Lecture Summary Binary Search

Concept Algorithm

Implementation of Binary search Complexity of Binary Search Comparison of Linear and Binary Search Searching Unordered Linked List Searching Ordered Linked List

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Objectives Overview Sorting

Concept Reasons for Sorting Basic Terminology Sorting Classification Stability of Key Bubble Sort

Concept Algorithm Code and Implementation

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Sorting A fundamental operation in computer science Task of rearranging data in an order such as

Ascending Descending or Lexicographic

Data may be of any type like numeric, alphabetical or alphanumeric

It also refers to rearranging a set of records based on their key values when the records are stored in a file

Sorting task arises more frequently in the world of data manipulation

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Sorting Sorting and searching frequently apply to a file of

records Each record in a file F can contain many fields

but there may be one particular field whose values uniquely determine the records in the file called primary key

The key or key values are k1, k2, …… Sorting the file F usually refers to sorting F with

respect to a particular primary key Searching in F refers to searching for a record

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Sorting Let A be a list of n elements in memory

A1, A2, ……., An

Sorting refers to the operations of rearranging the contents of A so that they are increasing in order numerically or lexicographically so that A1 A2 A3 ………….. An

Since A has n elements, there are n! ways that contents can appear in A

These ways correspond precisely to the n! permutations of 1, 2, …., n

Accordingly each sorting algorithms must take care of these n! possibilities

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Sorting Efficient sorting is important for optimizing the

use of other algorithms (such as search and merge algorithms) that require sorted lists to work correctly;

Sorting is also often useful for canonicalizing data and for producing human-readable output.

More formally, the output must satisfy two conditions: The output is in non-decreasing order (each element

is no smaller than the previous element according to the desired total order);

The output is a permutation (reordering) of the input.

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Reasons for Sorting From the programming point of view, the

sorting task is important for the following reasons How to rearrange a given set of data? Which data structures are more suitable to store

data prior to their sorting? How fast can the sorting be achieved? How can sorting be done in a memory constrained

situation? How to sort various type of data?

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Basic Terminology - I Internal sort

When a set of data to be sorted is small enough such that the entire sorting can be performed in a computer’s internal storage (primary memory)

External sort Sorting a large set of data which is stored in low

speed computer’s external memory such as hard disk, magnetic tape, etc.

Ascending order An arrangement of data if it satisfies “less than or

equal to <=“ relation between two consecutive data [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

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Basic Terminology - II Descending order

An arrangement of data if it satisfies “greater than or equal to >=“ relation between two consecutive data

e.g. [ 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1] Lexicographic order

If the data are in the form of character or string of characters and are arranged in the same order as in dictionary

e.g. [ada, bat, cat, mat, max, may, min] Collating sequence

Ordering for a set of characters that determines whether a character is in higher, lower or same order compared to another

e.g. alphanumeric characters are compared according to their ASCII code

e.g. [AmaZon, amaZon, amazon, amazon1, amazon2]

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Basic Terminology - III Random order

If a data in a list do not follow any ordering mentioned above, then it is arranged in random order

e.g. [8, 6, 5, 9, 3, 1, 4, 7, 2] [may, bat, ada, cat, mat, max, min]

Swap Swap between two data storages implies the interchange of

their contents. e.g. Before swap A[1] = 11, A[5] = 99 After swap A[1] = 99, A[5] = 11

Item Is a data or element in the list to be sorted. May be an integer, string of characters, a record etc. Also alternatively termed key, data, element etc.

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Basic Terminology - IV Stable Sort

A list of data may contain two or more equal data. If a sorting method maintains the same relative position of their occurrences in the sorted list then it is stable sort

e.g. [ 2, 5, 6, 4, 3, 2, 5, 1, 5 ]

[ 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6 ] In Place Sort

Suppose a set of data to be sorted is stored in an array A If a sorting method takes place within the array A only,

i.e. without using any other extra storage space It is a memory efficient sorting method

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Sorting Methods

Bubble Sort Heap Sort

Selection Sort Merge Sort

Insertion Sort Quick Sort

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Sorting Classification - I Sorting algorithms are often classified by:

Computational complexity (worst, average and best behavior) of element comparisons in terms of the size of the list (n).

For typical sorting algorithms good behavior is O(n log n) and bad behavior is O(n2). Ideal behavior for a sort is O(n), but this is not possible

in the average case. Comparison-based sorting algorithms, which evaluate

the elements of the list via an abstract key comparison operation, need at least O(n log n) comparisons for most inputs.

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Sorting Classification - II Computational complexity of swaps (for "in place"

algorithms). Memory usage (and use of other computer resources).

In particular, some sorting algorithms are "in place” Strictly, an in place sort needs only O(1) memory

beyond the items being sorted; sometimes O(log(n)) additional memory is considered

"in place” Recursion. Some algorithms are either recursive or non-

recursive, while others may be both (e.g., merge sort). Stability: stable sorting algorithms maintain the relative

order of records with equal keys (i.e., values)

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Sorting Classification - III Whether or not they are a comparison sort.

A comparison sort examines the data only by comparing two elements with a comparison operator.

General method: insertion, exchange, selection, merging, etc. Exchange sorts include bubble sort and quicksort. Selection sorts include shaker sort and heapsort.

Adaptability: Whether or not the presortedness of the input affects the running time. Algorithms that take this into account are known to be adaptive.

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Stability Stable sorting algorithms maintain the relative

order of records with equal keys. A key is that portion of record which is the basis for the

sort it may or may not include all of the record

If all keys are different then this distinction is not necessary.

But if there are equal keys, then a sorting algorithm is stable if whenever there are two records (let's say R and S) with the same key, and R appears before S in the original list, then R will always appear before S in the sorted list.

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Stability -II When equal elements are indistinguishable, such

as with integers, or more generally, any data where the entire element is the key, stability is not an issue.

However, assume that the following pairs of numbers are to be sorted by their first component:

(4, 2) (3, 7) (3, 1) (5, 6) Two different results are possible,

one which maintains the relative order of records with equal keys, and one which does not:

(3, 7) (3, 1) (4, 2) (5, 6) (order maintained) (3, 1) (3, 7) (4, 2) (5, 6) (order changed)

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Stability - III Unstable sorting algorithms may change the

relative order of records with equal keys, but stable sorting algorithms never do so.

Unstable sorting algorithms can be specially implemented to be stable. One way of doing this is to artificially extend the key

comparison, so that comparisons between two objects with otherwise equal keys are decided using the order of the entries in the original data order as a tie-breaker.

Remembering this order, however, often involves an additional computational cost.

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Stability - IV Sorting based on a primary, secondary, tertiary, etc. sort key

can be done by any sorting method, taking all sort keys into account in comparisons in other words, using a single composite sort key

If a sorting method is stable, it is also possible to sort multiple times, each time with one sort key. In that case the keys need to be applied in order of increasing priority.

Example: sorting pairs of numbers as above by second, then first component:

(4, 2) (3, 7) (3, 1) (5, 6) (original) (3, 1) (4, 2) (5, 6) (3, 7)

after sorting by second component (3, 1) (3, 7) (4, 2) (5, 6)

after sorting by first component

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Stability - V On the other hand: (4, 2) (3, 7) (3, 1) (5, 6) (original) (3, 7) (3, 1) (4, 2) (5, 6)

after sorting by first component (3, 1) (4, 2) (5, 6) (3, 7)

after sorting by second component order by first component is disrupted

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Bubble Sort Sometimes incorrectly referred to as sinking sort,

is a simple sorting algorithm that works by repeatedly stepping through the list to be sorted, comparing each pair of adjacent items and swapping them if they are in the wrong order.

The pass through the list is repeated until no swaps are needed, which indicates that the list is sorted.

The algorithm gets its name from the way smaller elements "bubble" to the top of the list.

Because it only uses comparisons to operate on elements, it is a comparison sort.

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Bubble Sort Bubble sort is a simple sorting algorithm The algorithm starts at the beginning of the data

set. It compares the first two elements, and if the first is

greater than the second, it swaps them. It continues doing this for each pair of adjacent elements

to the end of the data set. It then starts again with the first two elements, repeating

until no swaps have occurred on the last pass. Note that the largest end gets sorted first, with

smaller elements taking longer to move to their correct positions.

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Bubble Sort Algorithm Suppose the list of numbers A[1], A[2], …. A[N] is in

memory. The bubble sort algorithm works as follows: Step 1: Compare A[1] and A[2] and arrange them in

the desired order, so that A[1] < A[2]. Then compare A[2] and A[3] and arrange them so that

A[2] < A[3]]. Then compare A[3] and A[4] and arrange them so that A[3] < A[4]. Continue until we compare A[N – 1] with A[N] and arrange them so that A[N – 1] < A[N].

Observe that Step 1 involves n – 1 comparisons. During Step 1, the largest element is “bubbled up” to the nth position or “sinks” to the nth position.

When Step 1 is completed, A[N] will contain the largest element

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Bubble Sort Algorithm Step 2: Repeat Step 1 with one less

comparison . i.e. now we stop after we compare and possible rearrange A[N - 2] and A[N - 1].

Step 2 involves N – 2 comparisons and when Step 2 is completed, A[N - 1] will contain the second largest element.

Step 3: Repeat Step 1 with two fewer comparisons . i.e. we stop after we compare and possible rearrange A[N - 3] and A[N - 2]

Step 3 involves N – 3 comparisons and when Step 2 is completed, A[N - 1] will contain the third largest element

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Bubble Sort Algorithm …………………………………………………. …………………………………………………. Step N - 1:Compare A[1] with A[2] and arrange

them so that A[1] < A[2]. After n -1 steps the list will be sorted in the

ascending order The process of sequentially traversing through

all or part of a list is called a “pass” so each of the above step is called a pass

Accordingly, the bubble sort algorithm requires n – 1 passes where n is the number of input items

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Bubble Sort

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Bubble Sort Step-by-Step Example Let us take the array of numbers "5 1 4 2 8", and sort the array from lowest number to greatest number using bubble sort

In each step, elements written in bold are being compared

Three passes will be required First Pass:

( 5 1 4 2 8 ) ( 1 5 4 2 8 ), Here, algorithm compares the first two elements, and swaps since 5 > 1.( 1 5 4 2 8 ) ( 1 4 5 2 8 ), Swap since 5 > 4( 1 4 5 2 8 ) ( 1 4 2 5 8 ), Swap since 5 > 2( 1 4 2 5 8 ) ( 1 4 2 5 8 ), Now, since these elements are already in order (8 > 5), algorithm does not swap them.

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Bubble Sort Step-by-Step Example Second Pass:( 1 4 2 5 8 ) ( 1 4 2 5 8 )( 1 4 2 5 8 ) ( 1 2 4 5 8 ), Swap since 4 > 2( 1 2 4 5 8 ) ( 1 2 4 5 8 )( 1 2 4 5 8 ) ( 1 2 4 5 8 )Now, the array is already sorted, but our algorithm does not know if it is completed

The algorithm needs one whole pass without any swap to know it is sorted

Third Pass:

( 1 2 4 5 8 ) ( 1 2 4 5 8 )( 1 2 4 5 8 ) ( 1 2 4 5 8 )( 1 2 4 5 8 ) ( 1 2 4 5 8 )( 1 2 4 5 8 ) ( 1 2 4 5 8 )

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Bubble Sort Algorithm - Result

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Bubble Sort Algorithmprocedure bubbleSort( A : list of sortable items ) n = length (A) repeat

swapped = false for i = 1 to n - 1 inclusive do: /* if this pair is out of order */ if A[i-1] > A[i] then /* swap them and remember something changed */ swap( A[i-1], A[i] ) swapped = true end if end for until not swappedend procedure

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Bubble Sort Algorithm - Optimized Can be easily optimized by observing that the n-th pass finds the n-th largest element and puts it into its final place

So, the inner loop can avoid looking at the last n-1 items when running for the n-th time:

procedure bubbleSort( A : list of sortable items ) n = length(A) repeat swapped = false for i = 1 to n-1 inclusive do if A[i-1] > A[i] then swap(A[i-1], A[i]) swapped = true end if end for n = n - 1 until not swappedend procedure

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Bubble Sort Algorithm – Optimized 2 More generally, it can happen that more than one element is placed in their final position on a single pass.

In particular, after every pass, all elements after the last swap are sorted, and do not need to be checked again. This allows us to skip over a lot of the elements, resulting in about a worst case 50% improvement in comparison count (though no improvement in swap counts), and adds very little complexity because the new code subsumes the "swapped" variable:

procedure bubbleSort( A : list of sortable items ) n = length(A) repeat newn = 0 for i = 1 to n-1 inclusive do if A[i-1] > A[i] then swap(A[i-1], A[i]) newn = i end if end for n = newn until n = 0end procedure

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Bubble Sort Implementation Codevoid bubbleSort (int list[ ] , int size) {

int i, j, temp; for ( i = 0; i < size; i++ ) { /* controls passes through the list */ for ( j = 0; j < size - 1; j++ ) /* performs adjacent comparisons

*/ { if ( list[ j ] > list[ j+1 ] ) /* determines if a swap should occur */

{ temp = list[ j ]; /* swap is performed */ list[ j ] = list[ j + 1 ]; list[ j+1 ] = temp;} // end of if statement

} // end of inner for loop} // end of outer for loop

} // end of function

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Bubble Sort Using Call-by-reference Implement bubblesort using pointers Swap two elements swap function must receive address (using &) of array

elements Array elements have call-by-value default

Using pointers and the * operator, swap can switch array elements

PsuedocodeInitialize array print data in original orderCall function bubblesort

print sorted arrayDefine bubblesort and Swap functions

1. Initialize array

1.1 Declare variables

2. Print array

2.1 Call bubbleSort

2.2 Print array

1 /* Fig. 7.15: fig07_15.c2 This program puts values into an array, sorts the values into3 ascending order, and prints the resulting array. */4 #include <stdio.h>5 #define SIZE 106 void bubbleSort( int *, const int );78 int main()9 {10 11 int a[ SIZE ] = { 2, 6, 4, 8, 10, 12, 89, 68, 45, 37 };12 int i;1314 printf( "Data items in original order\n" );1516 for ( i = 0; i < SIZE; i++ )17 printf( "%4d", a[ i ] );1819 bubbleSort( a, SIZE ); /* sort the array */20 printf( "\nData items in ascending order\n" );2122 for ( i = 0; i < SIZE; i++ )23 printf( "%4d", a[ i ] ); 2425 printf( "\n" );2627 return 0;28 }29

Bubblesort gets passed the address of array elements (pointers). The name of an array is a pointer.

3. Function definitions

Program Output

33 int pass, j; 34 for ( pass = 0; pass < size - 1; pass++ )3536 for ( j = 0; j < size - 1; j++ )

3738 if ( array[ j ] > array[ j + 1 ] )

39 swap( &array[ j ], &array[ j + 1 ] );40 }4142 void swap( int *element1Ptr, int *element2Ptr )43 {44 int hold = *element1Ptr;45 *element1Ptr = *element2Ptr;46 *element2Ptr = hold;47 }

Data items in original order 2 6 4 8 10 12 89 68 45 37Data items in ascending order 2 4 6 8 10 12 37 45 68 89

30 void bubbleSort(int *array, const int size)31{32 void swap( int *, int * );

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Bubble Sort

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Summary Sorting

Concept Reasons for Sorting Basic Terminology Sorting Classification Stability of Key Bubble Sort

Concept Algorithm Code and Implementation

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