RosettaCodeData/Task/Quickselect-algorithm/REXX/quickselect-algorithm.rexx
2015-02-20 09:02:09 -05:00

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/*REXX program sorts a list (which may be numbers) using quick select.*/
parse arg list; if list='' then list=9 8 7 6 5 0 1 2 3 4 /*default?*/
do #=1 for words(list); @.#=word(list,#); end /*#*/; #=#-1
/* [↓] #=number of items in list*/
do j=1 for # /*show 1 ──► # place and value.*/
say ' item' right(j,length(#))", value: " qSel(1,#,j)
end /*j*/
exit /*stick a fork in it, we're done.*/
/*──────────────────────────────────QPART subroutine────────────────────*/
qPart: procedure expose @.; parse arg L 1 ?,R,pivotIndex;pVal=@.pivotIndex
parse value @.pivotIndex @.R with @.R @.pivotIndex /*swap 2 items*/
do k=L to R-1 /*process the left side of list. */
if @.k>pVal then iterate /*when item>pivotValue, skip it. */
parse value @.? @.k with @.k @.? /*swap 2 items*/
?=?+1 /*next item. */
end /*k*/
parse value @.R @.? with @.? @.R /*swap 2 items*/
return ?
/*──────────────────────────────────QSEL subroutine─────────────────────*/
qSel: procedure expose @.; parse arg L,R,z; if L==R then return @.L
do forever /*keep looping until all done. */
pivotNewIndex=qPart(L, R, (L+R)%2) /*partition the list into ≈ ½. */
pivotDist=pivotNewIndex-L+1
if pivotDist==z then return @.pivotNewIndex
else if z<pivotDist then R=pivotNewIndex-1
else do
z=z-pivotDist
L=pivotNewindex+1
end
end /*forever*/