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Write a function that takes two sorted lists of numbers and merges them into a single sorted list.
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var assert = require('assert'); | |
function sortMerged(lOne, lTwo) { | |
return lOne.reduce(function (sortedList, num, index) { | |
var position = findPositionBinary(sortedList, num); | |
sortedList.splice(position, 0, num); | |
return sortedList; | |
}, lTwo); | |
} | |
/*function findPosition(sList, num) { //linear search time | |
var m = 0; | |
for (m; m < sList.length; m++) { | |
if (sList[m] >= num) { | |
return m; | |
} | |
}; | |
return m; | |
}*/ | |
//optimization | |
function findPositionBinary(sList, num, offset) { | |
var middle = Math.floor(sList.length / 2), | |
middleVal = sList[middle], | |
ending = sList.length === 1; | |
offset = offset || 0; | |
if (middleVal > num) { | |
if (ending || middle - 1 === -1) { | |
return middle + offset; | |
} | |
return findPositionBinary(sList.slice(0, middle), num) + offset; | |
} else if (middleVal < num) { | |
if (ending || middle + 1 === sList.length ) { | |
return middle + 1 + offset; | |
} | |
return findPositionBinary(sList.slice(middle, sList.length), num, middle) + offset; | |
} else { | |
return middle + offset; | |
} | |
} | |
var testArray = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8 , 9]; | |
assert.equal(findPositionBinary(testArray, 0), 0); | |
assert.equal(findPositionBinary(testArray, 5), 4); | |
assert.equal(findPositionBinary(testArray, 8), 7); | |
assert.equal(findPositionBinary(testArray, 1.5), 1); | |
assert.equal(findPositionBinary(testArray, 2.5), 2); | |
assert.equal(findPositionBinary(testArray, 3.5), 3); | |
assert.equal(findPositionBinary(testArray, 6.5), 6); | |
assert.equal(findPositionBinary(testArray, 9.5), 9); | |
console.log(sortMerged([0, 0.3, 2, 100], [1, 4, 5])); |
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