Heap Sort

Insert all elements to be sorted into a heap, then sequentially remove them from the root node until the heap is empty.

  1. Construct a heap H[0……n-1] from the sequence to be sorted; choose either a max-heap or a min-heap based on (ascending/descending requirement);
  2. Swap the first element of the heap (the maximum value) with the last element of the heap;
  3. Reduce the heap size by 1 and call shift_down(0) to adjust the new top data of the array to its corresponding position;
  4. Repeat step 2 until the heap size is 1.

Code Implementation

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@tab Java

public class HeapSort implements IArraySort {
    @Override
    public int[] sort(int[] sourceArray) throws Exception {
        // Create a copy of arr to avoid modifying the original parameter content
        int[] arr = Arrays.copyOf(sourceArray, sourceArray.length);
        int len = arr.length;
        buildMaxHeap(arr, len);
        for (int i = len - 1; i > 0; i--) {
            swap(arr, 0, i);
            len--;
            heapify(arr, 0, len);
        }
        return arr;
    }
    private void buildMaxHeap(int[] arr, int len) {
        for (int i = (int) Math.floor(len / 2); i >= 0; i--) {
            heapify(arr, i, len);
        }
    }
    private void heapify(int[] arr, int i, int len) {
        int left = 2 * i + 1;
        int right = 2 * i + 2;
        int largest = i;
        if (left < len && arr[left] > arr[largest]) {
            largest = left;
        }
        if (right < len && arr[right] > arr[largest]) {
            largest = right;
        }
        if (largest != i) {
            swap(arr, i, largest);
            heapify(arr, largest, len);
        }
    }
    private void swap(int[] arr, int i, int j) {
        int temp = arr[i];
        arr[i] = arr[j];
        arr[j] = temp;
    }
}

@tab JavaScript

var len;    // Since multiple functions need the array length, set len as a global variable
function buildMaxHeap(arr) {   // Build a max-heap
    len = arr.length;
    for (var i = Math.floor(len/2); i >= 0; i--) {
        heapify(arr, i);
    }
}
function heapify(arr, i) {     // Heap adjustment
    var left = 2 * i + 1,
        right = 2 * i + 2,
        largest = i;
    if (left < len && arr[left] > arr[largest]) {
        largest = left;
    }
    if (right < len && arr[right] > arr[largest]) {
        largest = right;
    }
    if (largest != i) {
        swap(arr, i, largest);
        heapify(arr, largest);
    }
}
function swap(arr, i, j) {
    var temp = arr[i];
    arr[i] = arr[j];
    arr[j] = temp;
}
function heapSort(arr) {
    buildMaxHeap(arr);
    for (var i = arr.length-1; i > 0; i--) {
        swap(arr, 0, i);
        len--;
        heapify(arr, 0);
    }
    return arr;
}

@tab Python

def buildMaxHeap(arr):
    import math
    for i in range(math.floor(len(arr)/2),-1,-1):
        heapify(arr,i)
def heapify(arr, i):
    left = 2*i+1
    right = 2*i+2
    largest = i
    if left < arrLen and arr[left] > arr[largest]:
        largest = left
    if right < arrLen and arr[right] > arr[largest]:
        largest = right
    if largest != i:
        swap(arr, i, largest)
        heapify(arr, largest)
def swap(arr, i, j):
    arr[i], arr[j] = arr[j], arr[i]
def heapSort(arr):
    global arrLen
    arrLen = len(arr)
    buildMaxHeap(arr)
    for i in range(len(arr)-1,0,-1):
        swap(arr,0,i)
        arrLen -=1
        heapify(arr, 0)
    return arr

@tab Go

func heapSort(arr []int) []int {
    arrLen := len(arr)
    buildMaxHeap(arr, arrLen)
    for i := arrLen - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
        swap(arr, 0, i)
        arrLen -= 1
        heapify(arr, 0, arrLen)
    }
    return arr
}
func buildMaxHeap(arr []int, arrLen int) {
    for i := arrLen / 2; i >= 0; i-- {
        heapify(arr, i, arrLen)
    }
}
func heapify(arr []int, i, arrLen int) {
    left := 2*i + 1
    right := 2*i + 2
    largest := i
    if left < arrLen && arr[left] > arr[largest] {
        largest = left
    }
    if right < arrLen && arr[right] > arr[largest] {
        largest = right
    }
    if largest != i {
        swap(arr, i, largest)
        heapify(arr, largest, arrLen)
    }
}
func swap(arr []int, i, j int) {
    arr[i], arr[j] = arr[j], arr[i]
}

@tab PHP

function buildMaxHeap(&$arr)
{
    global $len;
    for ($i = floor($len/2); $i >= 0; $i--) {
        heapify($arr, $i);
    }
}
function heapify(&$arr, $i)
{
    global $len;
    $left = 2 * $i + 1;
    $right = 2 * $i + 2;
    $largest = $i;
    if ($left < $len && $arr[$left] > $arr[$largest]) {
        $largest = $left;
    }
    if ($right < $len && $arr[$right] > $arr[$largest]) {
        $largest = $right;
    }
    if ($largest != $i) {
        swap($arr, $i, $largest);
        heapify($arr, $largest);
    }
}
function swap(&$arr, $i, $j)
{
    $temp = $arr[$i];
    $arr[$i] = $arr[$j];
    $arr[$j] = $temp;
}
function heapSort($arr) {
    global $len;
    $len = count($arr);
    buildMaxHeap($arr);
    for ($i = count($arr) - 1; $i > 0; $i--) {
        swap($arr, 0, $i);
        $len--;
        heapify($arr, 0);
    }
    return $arr;
}

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