Bucket sort is a very simple, fast sorting algorithm specialized in integers.
Bucket Sort Integers
public void BucketSort(int[] integers)
{
//Verify input
if (integers == null || integers.Length == 0)
return;
//Find the maximum and minimum values in the array
int maxValue = integers[0]; //start with first element
int minValue = integers[0];
//Note: start from index 1
for (int i = 1; i < integers.Length; i++)
{
if (integers[i] > maxValue)
maxValue = integers[i];
if (integers[i] < minValue)
minValue = integers[i];
}
//Create a temporary "bucket" to store the values in order
//each value will be stored in its corresponding index
//scooting everything over to the left as much as possible (minValue)
//e.g. 34 => index at 34 - minValue
List<int>[] bucket = new List<int>[maxValue - minValue + 1];
//Initialize the bucket
for (int i = 0; i < bucket.Length; i++)
{
bucket[i] = new List<int>();
}
//Move items to bucket
for (int i = 0; i < integers.Length; i++)
{
bucket[integers[i] - minValue].Add(integers[i]);
}
//Move items in the bucket back to the original array in order
int k = 0; //index for original array
for (int i = 0; i < bucket.Length; i++)
{
if (bucket[i].Count > 0)
{
for (int j = 0; j < bucket[i].Count; j++)
{
integers[k] = bucket[i][j];
k++;
}
}
}
}
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