
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




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Task

Show the   Stooge Sort   for an array of integers.



The Stooge Sort algorithm is as follows:

algorithm stoogesort(array L, i = 0, j = length(L)-1)
     if L[j] < L[i] then
         L[i] ↔ L[j]
     if j - i > 1 then
         t := (j - i + 1)/3
         stoogesort(L, i  , j-t)
         stoogesort(L, i+t, j  )
         stoogesort(L, i  , j-t)
     return L



program Stooge
  implicit none
 
  integer :: i
  integer :: array(50) = (/ (i, i = 50, 1, -1) /) ! Reverse sorted array
 
  call Stoogesort(array)
  write(*,"(10i5)") array
 
contains
 
recursive subroutine Stoogesort(a)
  integer, intent(in out) :: a(:)
  integer :: j, t, temp
 
   j = size(a)
   if(a(j) < a(1)) then
     temp = a(j)
     a(j) = a(1)
     a(1) = temp
   end if
 
  if(j > 2) then
    t = j / 3
    call Stoogesort(a(1:j-t))
    call Stoogesort(a(1+t:j))
    call Stoogesort(a(1:j-t)) 
  end if
 
end subroutine
end program