
Sorting Algorithm

This is a sorting algorithm.   It may be applied to a set of data in order to sort it.    
For comparing various sorts, see compare sorts.  
For other sorting algorithms,   see sorting algorithms,   or:

O(n logn) sorts
Heap sort |
Merge sort |
Patience sort |
Quick sort
O(n log2n) sorts
Shell Sort
O(n2) sorts
Bubble sort |
Cocktail sort |
Cocktail sort with shifting bounds |
Comb sort |
Cycle sort |
Gnome sort |
Insertion sort |
Selection sort |
Strand sort
other sorts
Bead sort |
Bogo sort |
Common sorted list |
Composite structures sort |
Custom comparator sort |
Counting sort |
Disjoint sublist sort |
External sort |
Jort sort |
Lexicographical sort |
Natural sorting |
Order by pair comparisons |
Order disjoint list items |
Order two numerical lists |
Object identifier (OID) sort |
Pancake sort |
Quickselect |
Permutation sort |
Radix sort |
Ranking methods |
Remove duplicate elements |
Sleep sort |
Stooge sort |
[Sort letters of a string] |
Three variable sort |
Topological sort |
Tree sort




Task

Sort an integer array with the   radix sort algorithm.

The primary purpose is to complete the characterization of sort algorithms task.




package main
 
import (
    "bytes"
    "encoding/binary"
    "fmt"
)
 
// declarations for word size of data
type word int32
const wordLen = 4
const highBit = -1 << 31
 
var data = []word{170, 45, 75, -90, -802, 24, 2, 66}
 
func main() {
    buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
    ds := make([][]byte, len(data))
    for i, x := range data {
        binary.Write(buf, binary.LittleEndian, x^highBit)
        b := make([]byte, wordLen)
        buf.Read(b)
        ds[i] = b
    }
    bins := make([][][]byte, 256)
    for i := 0; i < wordLen; i++ {
        for _, b := range ds {
            bins[b[i]] = append(bins[b[i]], b)
        }
        j := 0
        for k, bs := range bins {
            copy(ds[j:], bs)
            j += len(bs)
            bins[k] = bs[:0]
        }
    }
    fmt.Println("original:", data)
    var w word
    for i, b := range ds {
        buf.Write(b)
        binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, &w)
        data[i] = w^highBit
    }
    fmt.Println("sorted:  ", data)
}