Tag Archives: radix sort

import scala.collection.mutable.ListBuffer
import scala.util.Random.nextInt

object RadixSort {
    def main(args: Array[String]) = {
        var maxNumber = 200
        var numbersCount = 30
        var maxLength = maxNumber.toString.length() - 1

        var referenceNumbers = LazyList.continually(nextInt(maxNumber + 1)).take(numbersCount).toList
        var numbers = referenceNumbers
        
        var buckets = List.fill(10)(ListBuffer[Int]())

        for( i <- 0 to maxLength) { numbers.foreach( number => {
                    var numberString = number.toString
                    if (numberString.length() > i) {
                        var index = numberString.length() - i - 1
                        var character = numberString.charAt(index).toString
                        var characterInteger = character.toInt  
                        buckets.apply(characterInteger) += number
                    }
                    else {
                        buckets.apply(0) += number
                    }
                }
            )
            numbers = buckets.flatten
            buckets.foreach(x => x.clear())
        }
        println(referenceNumbers)
        println(numbers)
        println(s"Validation result: ${numbers == referenceNumbers.sorted}")
    }
}