public class MergeSort {
public static void mergeSort(int [] list){
if (list.length > 1){
int [] firstHalf = new int[list.length / 2];
System.arraycopy(list, 0, firstHalf, 0, list.length / 2);
mergeSort(firstHalf);
//merge sort the second half
int secondHalfLength = list.length - list.length / 2;
int[] secondHalf = new int [secondHalfLength];
System.arraycopy(list, list.length / 2, secondHalf , 0, secondHalfLength);
mergeSort(secondHalf);
//Merge firstHalf with second half
int[] temp = merge(firstHalf,secondHalf);
System.arraycopy(temp, 0, list, 0, temp.length);
}
}
/** Merge two sorted lists*/
private static int [] merge(int[] list1,int [] list2)
{
int [] temp = new int[list1.length + list2.length];
int current1 = 0; //Current index in list1
int current2 = 0; //Current index in list2
int current3 = 0; //Current index in list3
while (current1 < list1.length && current2 < list2.length ) {
if (list1[current1] < list2[current2]) {
temp[current3++] = list1[current1++];
}else
{
temp[current3++] = list2[current2++];
}
}
while (current1 < list1.length ) {
temp[current3++] = list1[current1++];
}
while (current2 < list2.length ) {
temp[current3++] = list2[current2++];
}
return temp;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
int[] list = {2,3,2,5,6,1,-2,3,14,12};
mergeSort(list);
for (int i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
System.out.print(" "+list[i]);
}
}
}