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The
mergesort is a recursive sorting
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algorithm
that always gives the same
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performance
regardless of the initial order
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of
the data.
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For
example, you might divide an array in
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half
- sort each half - then merge the sorted
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halves
into 1 data structure.
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To
merge, you compare 1 element in 1 half of
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list to an element in the other half,
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moving
the smaller item into the new data
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structure.
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