AdventOfCode2021/day10/day 10b/sort.go
2021-12-10 23:00:22 +00:00

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package main
func mergeSort(nums []int, start int, end int) []int {
if start == end {
return []int{nums[start]}
}
var mid int = ((end - start) / 2) + start
//Assign values back into Left and right
left := mergeSort(nums, start, mid)
right := mergeSort(nums, mid+1, end)
var combined []int
//Pointers for new array
leftPointer, rightPointer := 0, 0
for leftPointer <= len(left)-1 || rightPointer <= len(right)-1 {
if leftPointer == len(left) {
addValue(&combined, right[rightPointer], &rightPointer)
} else if rightPointer == len(right) {
addValue(&combined, left[leftPointer], &leftPointer)
} else {
if left[leftPointer] <= right[rightPointer] {
addValue(&combined, left[leftPointer], &leftPointer)
} else {
addValue(&combined, right[rightPointer], &rightPointer)
}
}
}
return combined
}
func addValue(nums *[]int, value int, pointer *int) {
*nums = append(*nums, value)
*pointer++
}