Merge Sort:
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  •  Assume that procedure Merge1(a, i, j, k) takes two sorted arrays a[i..j] and a[j+1..k] as an input and puts their merged output in the array a[i..k]. That is, in the same locations. Pseudocode of the merge sort is given below.

Algorithm Merge-Sort (a, p, q)

Step 1: if (p < q) {
Step 2: mid = (p+q)/2 ;
Step 3: Merge-Sort(a, p, mid) ;
Step 4: Merge-Sort(a, mid+1, q) ;
Step 5:

Merge(a,p,mid, q) ;

}
  • The above procedure sorts the elements in the sub array a[p..q].
  • To sort given any a[n] invoke the algorithm with parameters (a, 0, n -1).
 
                   
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