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Counting sort
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#include <stdlib.h> | |
#include <stdio.h> | |
#include <assert.h> | |
/** | |
* parses "[ a , b , c ]" into an array. | |
* requirements: | |
* * first character must be a '[' | |
* * subsequent characters until closing ']' must be `unsigned integer`, | |
* seperated by ','. Leading and trailing whitespace ignored. | |
* | |
* @return: | |
* * 0 on success | |
* * 1 if not len elements were found | |
*/ | |
int parse_uint_array(size_t len, unsigned int *maxval, unsigned int array[len], | |
char *input) | |
{ | |
*maxval = 0; | |
/* start at 1 to skip leading '[' */ | |
unsigned int pos = 1; | |
for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++) | |
{ | |
int ccount; | |
int n = sscanf(&input[pos], " %u , %n", &array[i], | |
&ccount); | |
if (n != 1 && i < len) return 1; | |
if (array[i] > *maxval) *maxval = array[i]; | |
pos += ccount; | |
} | |
return 0; | |
} | |
void print_uint_array(size_t len, unsigned int array[len]) | |
{ | |
printf("["); | |
for (size_t i = 0; i+1 < len; i++) { | |
printf("%u, ", array[i]); | |
} | |
printf("%u]\n", array[len-1]); | |
} | |
/** | |
* sorts an array of len size with maximum value maxval (can be less) which has | |
* to be < UINT_MAX | |
* | |
* @returns | |
* * 1 if maxval+1 = 0, ie. usually maxval = UINT_MAX. | |
* This limitation is due to how counting sort works | |
* * 2 if malloc fails | |
* * 3 if an element is bigger than specified maxval | |
*/ | |
int countsort_uint(size_t len, unsigned int maxval, unsigned int array[len]) | |
{ | |
if (maxval+1 == 0) return 1; | |
size_t *counts = calloc((maxval+1), sizeof(size_t)); | |
if (counts == NULL) { | |
perror("calloc"); | |
return 2; | |
} | |
for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++) { | |
if (array[i] > maxval) return 3; | |
counts[array[i]] += 1; | |
} | |
size_t pos = 0; | |
for (size_t i = 0; i < (maxval+1); i++) { | |
for (size_t j = pos; j < counts[i]+pos; j++) { | |
assert(counts[i]+pos <= len); | |
array[j] = i; | |
} | |
pos += counts[i]; | |
} | |
assert(pos == len); | |
free(counts); | |
return 0; | |
} | |
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) | |
{ | |
if (argc < 3) { | |
fprintf(stderr, "not enough parameters supplied\n"); | |
return 1; | |
} | |
size_t len; if (sscanf(argv[1], "%zu", &len) != 1) return 2; | |
if (len == 0) { | |
fprintf(stderr, "length shouldn't be 0\n"); | |
return 4; | |
} | |
unsigned int *array = calloc(len, sizeof(int)); | |
if (array == NULL) { | |
perror("calloc"); | |
return 6; | |
} | |
unsigned int max; | |
{ | |
int err; | |
if ( (err = parse_uint_array(len, &max, array, argv[2])) ) { | |
fprintf(stderr, "parse_uint_array: returned %d\n", err); | |
switch (err) { | |
case 1: | |
fprintf(stderr, "malformed array or less elements than specified\n"); | |
break; | |
default: | |
fprintf(stderr, "unknown error\n"); | |
break; | |
} | |
return 7; | |
} | |
} | |
print_uint_array(len, array); | |
{ | |
int err; | |
if ( (err = countsort_uint(len, max, array)) ) { | |
fprintf(stderr, "countsort_uint: returned %d\n", err); | |
return 8; | |
} | |
} | |
print_uint_array(len, array); | |
} |
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