Class Shell

java.lang.Object

Shell

public class Shell
extends java.lang.Object

The Shell class provides static methods for sorting an array using Shellsort with Knuth's increment sequence (1, 4, 13, 40, ...).

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; Shellsorts 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; Shellsorts them; and prints them to standard output in ascending order.