Merge Sort with Recursion and Iteration

Merge Sort

Following is a typical recursive implementation of Merge Sort:

    def mergeSorting(self,arry):
        
        def two_part_sort(left,right):
            result = []
            i,j = 0,0
            while i < len(left) and j < len(right):
                if left[i] <= right[j]:
                    result += [left[i]]
                    i += 1
                else:
                    result += [right[j]]
                    j +=1
            
            result += left[i:]
            result += right[j:]
            
            return result
                    
        
        def msort_rec(arry):      
            
            n = len(arry)
            mid = n // 2
            
            if mid < 1:
                return arry
            
            left = msort_rec(arry[:mid])
            right = msort_rec(arry[mid:])            
            result = two_part_sort(left,right)
            
            return result
        
        return msort_rec(arry)

Following is a iterative implementation of Merge Sort, like a binary search tree:

    def mergeSorting2(self,arry):
        def two_part_sort(left,right):
            result = []
            i,j = 0,0
            while i < len(left) and j < len(right):
                if left[i] <= right[j]:
                    result += [left[i]]
                    i += 1
                else:
                    result += [right[j]]
                    j +=1
            
            result += left[i:]
            result += right[j:]
            
            return result
        
        def binary_function(arry):
            result = []
            i = 0
            while i <= len(arry)-2:
                result += [two_part_sort(arry[i],arry[i+1])]
                i +=2
            
            if i == len(arry)-1:
                result += [arry[i]]
                
            return result
        
        i =len(arry) +1
        result = [[val] for _,val in enumerate(arry)]

        while i >= 1:
            result = binary_function(result)
            i //= 2         
        return result[0] 

Following is a typical iterative implementation of Merge Sort:

    def mergeSorting3(self,arry):
        def two_sorted_arrys_sorting_in_place(arry,left,mid,right):
            result =[]
            i,j = left,mid+1
            while i <=mid and j <=right:
                if arry[i] <= arry[j]:
                    result += [arry[i]]
                    i += 1
                else:
                    result += [arry[j]]
                    j +=1
            
            result += arry[i:mid+1]
            result += arry[j:right+1]
            
            arry[left:right+1] = result[0:right-left+1]

        cur_size =1
        while cur_size<len(arry) -1:
            left =0 
            while left < len(arry) -1:
                mid = left + cur_size-1
                right = ((left+2*cur_size-1,len(arry)-1)[left+2*cur_size-1>len(arry)-1])
                two_sorted_arrys_sorting_in_place(arry,left,mid,right)
                left = left + cur_size*2
            
            cur_size =2*cur_size