/** * @file * @brief Implementation of the [Random Pivot Quick Sort](https://www.sanfoundry.com/cpp-program-implement-quick-sort-using-randomisation) algorithm. * @details * * A random pivot quick sort algorithm is pretty much same as quick sort with a difference of having a logic of * selecting next pivot element from the input array. * * Where in quick sort is fast, but still can give you the time complexity of O(n^2) in worst case. * * To avoid hitting the time complexity of O(n^2), we use the logic of randomize the selection process of pivot * element. * * ### Logic * * The logic is pretty simple, the only change is in the partitioning algorithm, which is selecting the * pivot element. * * Instead of selecting the last or the first element from array for pivot we use a random index to select * pivot element. * * This avoids hitting the O(n^2) time complexity in practical use cases. * * ### Partition Logic * * Partitions are done such as numbers lower than the "pivot" element is arranged on the left side of the "pivot", * and number larger than the "pivot" element are arranged on the right part of the array. * * ### Algorithm * * Select the pivot element randomly using getRandomIndex() function from this namespace. * * Initialize the pInd (partition index) from the start of the array. * * Loop through the array from start to less than end. (from start to < end). * (Inside the loop) :- * * Check if the current element (arr[i]) is less than the pivot element in each iteration. * * If current element in the iteration is less than the pivot element, * then swap the elements at current index (i) and partition index (pInd) and increment the partition index by one. * * At the end of the loop, swap the pivot element with partition index element. * * Return the partition index from the function. * * @author [Nitin Sharma](https://github.com/foo290) */ #include /// for IO operations #include /// for initializing random number generator #include /// for assert #include /// for std::is_sorted(), std::swap() #include /// for std::array #include /// for returning multiple values form a function at once /** * @namespace sorting * @brief Sorting algorithms */ namespace sorting { /** * @brief Functions for the [Random Pivot Quick Sort](https://www.sanfoundry.com/cpp-program-implement-quick-sort-using-randomisation) implementation * @namespace random_pivot_quick_sort */ namespace random_pivot_quick_sort { /** * @brief Utility function to print the array * @tparam T size of the array * @param arr array used to print its content * @returns void * */ template void showArray(std::array arr) { for (int64_t i = 0; i < arr.size(); i++) { std::cout << arr[i] << " "; } std::cout << std::endl; } /** * @brief Takes the start and end indices of an array and returns a random int64_teger between the range of those two * for selecting pivot element. * * @param start The starting index. * @param end The ending index. * @returns int64_t A random number between start and end index. * */ int64_t getRandomIndex(int64_t start, int64_t end) { srand(time(nullptr)); // Initialize random number generator. int64_t randomPivotIndex = start + rand() % (end - start + 1); return randomPivotIndex; } /** * @brief A partition function which handles the partition logic of quick sort. * @tparam size size of the array to be passed as argument. * @param start The start index of the passed array * @param end The ending index of the passed array * @returns std::tuple> A tuple of pivot index and pivot sorted array. */ template std::tuple> partition(std::array arr, int64_t start, int64_t end) { int64_t pivot = arr[end]; // Randomly selected element will be here from caller function (quickSortRP()). int64_t pInd = start; for (int64_t i = start; i < end; i++) { if (arr[i] <= pivot) { std::swap(arr[i], arr[pInd]); // swapping the elements from current index to pInd. pInd++; } } std::swap(arr[pInd], arr[end]); // swapping the pivot element to its sorted position return std::make_tuple(pInd, arr); } /** * @brief Random pivot quick sort function. This function is the starting point of the algorithm. * @tparam size size of the array to be passed as argument. * @param start The start index of the passed array * @param end The ending index of the passed array * @returns std::array A fully sorted array in ascending order. */ template std::array quickSortRP(std::array arr, int64_t start, int64_t end) { if (start < end) { int64_t randomIndex = getRandomIndex(start, end); // switching the pivot with right most bound. std::swap(arr[end], arr[randomIndex]); int64_t pivotIndex = 0; // getting pivot index and pivot sorted array. std::tie(pivotIndex, arr) = partition(arr, start, end); // Recursively calling std::array rightSortingLeft = quickSortRP(arr, start, pivotIndex - 1); std::array full_sorted = quickSortRP(rightSortingLeft, pivotIndex + 1, end); arr = full_sorted; } return arr; } /** * @brief A function utility to generate unsorted array of given size and range. * @tparam size Size of the output array. * @param from Stating of the range. * @param to Ending of the range. * @returns std::array Unsorted array of specified size. * */ template std::array generateUnsortedArray(int64_t from, int64_t to) { srand(time(nullptr)); std::array unsortedArray{}; assert(from < to); int64_t i = 0; while (i < size) { int64_t randomNum = from + rand() % (to - from + 1); if (randomNum) { unsortedArray[i] = randomNum; i++; } } return unsortedArray; } } // namespace random_pivot_quick_sort } // namespace sorting /** * @brief a class containing the necessary test cases */ class TestCases { private: /** * @brief A function to print64_t given message on console. * @tparam T Type of the given message. * @returns void * */ template void log(T msg) { // It's just to avoid writing cout and endl std::cout << "[TESTS] : ---> " << msg << std::endl; } public: /** * @brief Executes test cases * @returns void * */ void runTests() { log("Running Tests..."); testCase_1(); testCase_2(); testCase_3(); log("Test Cases over!"); std::cout << std::endl; } /** * @brief A test case with single input * @returns void * */ void testCase_1() { const int64_t inputSize = 1; log("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"); log("This is test case 1 for Random Pivot Quick Sort Algorithm : "); log("Description:"); log(" EDGE CASE : Only contains one element"); std::array unsorted_arr{2}; int64_t start = 0; int64_t end = unsorted_arr.size() - 1; // length - 1 log("Running algorithm of data of length 50 ..."); std::array sorted_arr = sorting::random_pivot_quick_sort::quickSortRP( unsorted_arr, start, end ); log("Algorithm finished!"); log("Checking assert expression..."); assert(std::is_sorted(sorted_arr.begin(), sorted_arr.end())); log("Assertion check passed!"); log("[PASS] : TEST CASE 1 PASS!"); log("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"); } /** * @brief A test case with input array of length 500 * @returns void * */ void testCase_2() { const int64_t inputSize = 500; log("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"); log("Description:"); log(" BIG INPUT : Contains 500 elements and repeated elements"); log("This is test case 2 for Random Pivot Quick Sort Algorithm : "); std::array unsorted_arr = sorting::random_pivot_quick_sort::generateUnsortedArray(1, 10000); int64_t start = 0; int64_t end = unsorted_arr.size() - 1; // length - 1 log("Running algorithm of data of length 500 ..."); std::array sorted_arr = sorting::random_pivot_quick_sort::quickSortRP( unsorted_arr, start, end ); log("Algorithm finished!"); log("Checking assert expression..."); assert(std::is_sorted(sorted_arr.begin(), sorted_arr.end())); log("Assertion check passed!"); log("[PASS] : TEST CASE 2 PASS!"); log("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"); } /** * @brief A test case with array of length 1000. * @returns void * */ void testCase_3() { const int64_t inputSize = 1000; log("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"); log("This is test case 3 for Random Pivot Quick Sort Algorithm : "); log("Description:"); log(" LARGE INPUT : Contains 1000 elements and repeated elements"); std::array unsorted_arr = sorting::random_pivot_quick_sort::generateUnsortedArray(1, 10000); int64_t start = 0; int64_t end = unsorted_arr.size() - 1; // length - 1 log("Running algorithm..."); std::array sorted_arr = sorting::random_pivot_quick_sort::quickSortRP( unsorted_arr, start, end ); log("Algorithm finished!"); log("Checking assert expression..."); assert(std::is_sorted(sorted_arr.begin(), sorted_arr.end())); log("Assertion check passed!"); log("[PASS] : TEST CASE 3 PASS!"); log("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"); } }; /** * @brief Self-test implementations * @returns void */ static void test() { TestCases tc = TestCases(); tc.runTests(); } /** * @brief Main function * @param argc commandline argument count (ignored) * @param argv commandline array of arguments (ignored) * @returns 0 on exit */ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { test(); // Executes various test cases. const int64_t inputSize = 10; std::array unsorted_array = sorting::random_pivot_quick_sort::generateUnsortedArray(50, 1000); std::cout << "Unsorted array is : " << std::endl; sorting::random_pivot_quick_sort::showArray(unsorted_array); std::array sorted_array = sorting::random_pivot_quick_sort::quickSortRP( unsorted_array, 0, unsorted_array.size() - 1 ); std::cout << "Sorted array is : " << std::endl; sorting::random_pivot_quick_sort::showArray(sorted_array); return 0; }