Class InsertionX

java.lang.Object

InsertionX

public class InsertionX
extends java.lang.Object

The InsertionX class provides static methods for sorting an array using an optimized version of insertion sort (with half exchanges and a sentinel).

For additional documentation, see Section 2.1 of Algorithms, 4th Edition, by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Reads in a sequence of strings from standard input; insertion sorts them; and prints them to standard output in ascending order.
static void	sort(java.lang.Comparable[] a) Rearranges the array in ascending order, using the natural order.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

sort

public static void sort(java.lang.Comparable[] a)

Rearranges the array in ascending order, using the natural order.

Parameters:

a - the array to be sorted

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Reads in a sequence of strings from standard input; insertion sorts them; and prints them to standard output in ascending order.