using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text.Json;
// Time Complexity from O(n log(n)) to O(n^2)
// Space Complexity O(log(n))
void DoSort(int[] items, int fst, int lst) {
if (fst >= lst)
return;
int i = fst;
int j = lst;
int x = items[(fst + lst)/2];
while (i < j) {
while (items[i] < x) i++;
while (items[j] > x) j--;
if (i <= j) {
int tmp = items[i];
items[i] = items[j];
items[j] = tmp;
i++;
j--;
}
}
DoSort(items, fst, j);
DoSort(items, i, lst);
}
int[] Sort(int[] arr)
{
var items = new int[arr.Length];
arr.CopyTo(items, 0);
DoSort(items, 0, items.Length - 1);
return items;
}
var items = new[] { 4, 1, 5, 3, 2 };
var sortItems = Sort(items);
// sortItems is {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
Console.WriteLine(JsonSerializer.Serialize(sortItems));
// *** simplified speed test ***
items = (new int[200]).Select((_, i) => i).ToArray();
var tmp = items[5];
items[5] = items[6];
items[6] = tmp;
var count = 10000;
var start = DateTime.Now;
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
Sort(items);
var delta = DateTime.Now - start;
var milliseconds = delta.TotalMilliseconds;
Console.WriteLine(milliseconds);
// about 140 milliseconds