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Shell Sort

Shell sort is an algorithm that sorts an array by making passes with decreasing increments to sort the array. It begins with an increment of floor(n/2) and compares elements that are far apart. Then it decreases the increment by floor(increment/2) on subsequent passes, getting closer to an insertion sort. This brings distant elements into order and partially sorted subarrays are combined on each pass until the array is fully sorted with an increment of 1. The example shows sorting numbers with decreasing increments of 4, 2, and 1 until the numbers are sorted in ascending order.

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Shell Sort

Shell sort is an algorithm that sorts an array by making passes with decreasing increments to sort the array. It begins with an increment of floor(n/2) and compares elements that are far apart. Then it decreases the increment by floor(increment/2) on subsequent passes, getting closer to an insertion sort. This brings distant elements into order and partially sorted subarrays are combined on each pass until the array is fully sorted with an increment of 1. The example shows sorting numbers with decreasing increments of 4, 2, and 1 until the numbers are sorted in ascending order.

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Shell Sort

Shell Sort Algorithm


ALGORITHM ShellSort(A[0..n-1])
// Sorts a given array by shell sort
// Input: An array A[0..n-1] of n orderable elements
// Output: Array A[0..n-1] sorted in nondecreasing order
len = size(A);
gap = floor(len/2);
while (gap > 0)
for i = gap to len 1 do
key A[i]
ji
while j >= gap && A[j - gap] > key
A[j] A[j gap];
j j gap
end while
A[j] key
end for
gap floor(gap/2)
end while

Shell sort Example


Sort: 18 32 12 5 38 33 16 2
8 Numbers to be sorted, Shells increment will be floor(n/2)
* floor(8/2) floor(4) = 4
increment 4: 1

18 32 12 5 38 33 16

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Step 1) Only look at 18 and 38 and sort in order ;


18 and 38 stays at its current position because they are in order.
Step 2) Only look at 32 and 33 and sort in order ;
32 and 33 stays at its current position because they are in order.
Step 3) Only look at 12 and 16 and sort in order ;
12 and 16 stays at its current position because they are in order.
Step 4) Only look at 5 and 2 and sort in order ;
2 and 5 need to be switched to be in order.

Shell sort Example (contd.)


Sort: 18 32 12 5 38 33 16 2
Resulting numbers after increment 4 pass:
18 32 12 2
38 33 16 5
* floor(4/2) floor(2) = 2
increment 2:
18

2
32

12

38

33

16

Step 1) Look at 18, 12, 38, 16 and sort them in their appropriate location:
12

38

16

18

33

38

Step 2) Look at 32, 2, 33, 5 and sort them in their appropriate location:
12

16

18

32

38

33

Shell sort Example (contd.)


Sort: 18 32 12 5 38 33 16 2
* floor(2/2) floor(1) = 1
increment 1: 1
12

16

18

32

38

33

12

16

18

32

33

38

The last increment or phase of Shellsort is basically an Insertion


Sort algorithm.

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