
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 array of positive integers using the Bead Sort Algorithm.

A   bead sort   is also known as a   gravity sort.



Algorithm has   O(S),   where   S   is the sum of the integers in the input set:   Each bead is moved individually.

This is the case when bead sort is implemented without a mechanism to assist in finding empty spaces below the beads, such as in software implementations.




function beadsort(a::Vector{<:Integer})
    lo, hi = extrema(a)
    if lo < 1 throw(DomainError()) end
    len = length(a)
    abacus = falses(len, hi)
    for (i, v) in enumerate(a)
       abacus[i, 1:v] = true
    end
    for i in 1:hi
        v = sum(abacus[:, i])
        if v < len
            abacus[1:end-v, i] = false
            abacus[end-v+1:end, i] = true
        end
    end
    return collect(eltype(a), sum(abacus[i,:]) for i in 1:len)
end
 
v = rand(UInt8, 20)
println("# unsorted bytes: $v\n -> sorted bytes: $(beadsort(v))")
v = rand(1:2 ^ 10, 20)
println("# unsorted integers: $v\n -> sorted integers: $(beadsort(v))")