
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.




class Array
  def radix_sort(base=10)
    ary = dup
    rounds = (Math.log(ary.minmax.map(&:abs).max)/Math.log(base)).floor + 1
    rounds.times do |i|
      buckets = Array.new(2*base){[]}
      base_i = base**i
      ary.each do |n|
        digit = (n/base_i) % base
        digit += base if 0<=n
        buckets[digit] << n
      end
      ary = buckets.flatten
      p [i, ary] if $DEBUG
    end
    ary
  end
  def radix_sort!(base=10)
    replace radix_sort(base)
  end
end
 
p [1, 3, 8, 9, 0, 0, 8, 7, 1, 6].radix_sort
p [170, 45, 75, 90, 2, 24, 802, 66].radix_sort
p [170, 45, 75, 90, 2, 24, -802, -66].radix_sort
p [100000, -10000, 400, 23, 10000].radix_sort