不是基于比较的排序
是基于位数上的排序, 且仅适用于整数.
此位数的排序不会影响前一位数排序好的相对位置, 是stable的排序
影响效能的关键在于数组中最大数字的位数
最差时间复杂度为O(d*n).
另外需要O(n)space
d是最大数字的位数, 决定循环的轮数, n是每轮处理的数目的大小.
Pseudocode
radixSort (arr, tmp)
{
get the max of the array
d ←the digit number of max
for (i ← digit; i > 0; i--) {
resetCounter
for each same digit position {
counter[pos]++;
}
combineCounter;
for j ← end; j >= 0; j-- {
put the arr[j] to the tmp, pos is determined by the counter;
counter[pos]--;
}
}
Java
package ncku.cdc.sorting;
import java.util.Random;
public class RadixSort {
private int[] sequence;
private int[] counter;
public RadixSort(int size, int range) {
sequence = new int[size];
counter = new int[10];
Random rand = new Random();
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
sequence[i] = rand.nextInt(range);
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
int size = Integer.valueOf(args[0]);
int range = Integer.valueOf(args[1]);
RadixSort radix = new RadixSort(size, range);
System.out.println("before radixSort:");
SortingTools.validation(radix.getSequence(), 0);
int[] tmp = new int [size];
radix.radixSort(radix.getSequence(), tmp, size);
System.out.println("after radixSort:");
SortingTools.validation(radix.getSequence(), 0);
}
public void radixSort(int[] arr, int[] tmp, int len) {
int digit = getDigit(arr, len);
int radix = 1;
for (int d = digit; d > 0; d--) {
resetCounter();
int index;
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
index = (arr[i] / radix) % 10;
counter[index]++;
}
caculateCounter();
for (int j = len - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
index = (arr[j] / radix) % 10;
tmp[--counter[index]] = arr[j];
}
radix *= 10;
System.arraycopy(tmp, 0, arr, 0, len);
}
}
private int getDigit(int[] arr, int len) {
int max = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
if (arr[i] > max) {
max = arr[i];
}
}
int d = 1;
while ((max /= 10) != 0) {
d++;
}
return d;
}
private void resetCounter() {
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
counter[i] = 0;
}
}
private void caculateCounter() {
for (int i = 1; i < 10; i++) {
counter[i] += counter[i - 1];
}
}
public int[] getSequence() {
return sequence;
}
}
程序输入: 35 200. 表示生成一个长度35, 数字范围为[0, 200)的数组
程序输出:
before radixSort:
0 67 2 173 160 57 36 16 39 76 141 103 128 195 23 71 43 47 160 114 186 6 17 36 158 74 79 133 99 160 28 113 108 171 171
after radixSort:
0 2 6 16 17 23 28 36 36 39 43 47 57 67 71 74 76 79 99 103 108 113 114 128 133 141 158 160 160 160 171 171 173 186 195