Pseudo-sort or swamp sort, one of the most useless sorting algorithms.
It works like this:
1. An array of numbers is fed to the input
2. An array of numbers is shuffled randomly
3. Check if the array is sorted
4. If not sorted, the array is shuffled again
5. This whole process is repeated until the array is sorted randomly.
As you can see, the performance of this algorithm is terrible, smart people think that even O(n * n!), i.e. there is a chance to get stuck throwing dice for the glory of the god of chaos for many years, the array will still not be sorted, or maybe it will be sorted?
Implementation
To implement it in TypeScript, I needed to implement the following functions:
1. Shuffling an array of objects
2. Comparison of arrays
3. Generate a random number in the range from zero to a number (sic!)
4. Print progress, because it seems like sorting is going on forever
Below is the implementation code in TypeScript:
const randomInteger = (maximal: number) => Math.floor(Math.random() * maximal);
const isEqual = (lhs: any[], rhs: any[]) => lhs.every((val, index) => val === rhs[index]);
const shuffle = (array: any[]) => {
for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) { var destination = randomInteger(array.length-1); var temp = array[i]; array[i] = array[destination]; array[destination] = temp; } } let numbers: number[] = Array.from({length: 10}, ()=>randomInteger(10));
const originalNumbers = [...numbers];
const sortedNumbers = [...numbers].sort();
let numberOfRuns = 1;
do {
if (numberOfRuns % 1000 == 0) {
printoutProcess(originalNumbers, numbers, numberOfRuns);
}
shuffle(numbers);
numberOfRuns++;
} while (isEqual(numbers, sortedNumbers) == false)
console.log(`Success!`);
console.log(`Run number: ${numberOfRuns}`)
console.log(`Original numbers: ${originalNumbers}`);
console.log(`Current numbers: ${originalNumbers}`);
console.log(`Sorted numbers: ${sortedNumbers}`);Для отладки можно использовать VSCode и плагин TypeScript Debugger от kakumei.
Как долго
Вывод работы алгоритма:
src/bogosort.ts:1
Still trying to sort: 5,4,8,7,5,0,2,9,7,2, current shuffle 8,7,0,2,4,7,2,5,9,5, try number: 145000
src/bogosort.ts:2
Still trying to sort: 5,4,8,7,5,0,2,9,7,2, current shuffle 7,5,2,4,9,8,0,5,2,7, try number: 146000
src/bogosort.ts:2
Still trying to sort: 5,4,8,7,5,0,2,9,7,2, current shuffle 0,2,7,4,9,5,7,5,8,2, try number: 147000
src/bogosort.ts:2
Still trying to sort: 5,4,8,7,5,0,2,9,7,2, current shuffle 5,9,7,8,5,4,2,7,0,2, try number: 148000
src/bogosort.ts:2
Success!
src/bogosort.ts:24
Run number: 148798
src/bogosort.ts:25
Original numbers: 5,4,8,7,5,0,2,9,7,2
src/bogosort.ts:26
Current numbers: 5,4,8,7,5,0,2,9,7,2
src/bogosort.ts:27
Sorted numbers: 0,2,2,4,5,5,7,7,8,9Для массива из 10 чисел Богосорт перемешивал исходный массив 148798 раз, многовато да?
Алгоритм можно использовать как учебный, для понимания возможностей языка с которым предстоит работать на рынке. Лично я был удивлен узнав что в ванильных JS и TS до сих пор нет своего алгоритма перемешивания массивов, генерации целого числа в диапазоне, доступа к хэшам объектов для быстрого сравнения.
Ссылки
https://gitlab.com/demensdeum/algorithms/-/tree/master/sortAlgorithms/bogosort
https://www.typescriptlang.org/
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=kakumei.ts-debug
Источники
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2N3scbd_jg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogosort
