#include <iostream> #include <cstdlib> // for rand() and srand() #include <ctime> // for time() using namespace std; // Function to merge two sorted sub-arrays in place. void inPlaceMerge(int arr[], int left, int mid, int right) { int start2 = mid + 1; //if the direct merge is already sorted if (arr[mid] <= arr[start2]) { return; } //two pointers to maintain start of both arrays to merge while (left <= mid && start2 <= right) { //if element 1 is in right place if (arr[left] <= arr[start2]) { left++; } else { int value = arr[start2]; int index = start2; //shifting all elements between element 1 and element 2 right by 1. while (index != left) { arr[index] = arr[index - 1]; index--; } arr[left] = value; //update all pointers left++; mid++; start2++; } } } // Function to recursively sort the array using Merge Sort. void inPlaceMergeSort(int arr[], int left, int right) { if (left < right) { int mid = left + (right - left) / 2; //sort first and second halves inPlaceMergeSort(arr, left, mid); inPlaceMergeSort(arr, mid + 1, right); //merge the sorted halves inPlaceMerge(arr, left, mid, right); } } // Function to initiate the Merge Sort process. void processInPlaceMergeSort(int arr[], int n) { if (n > 1) { inPlaceMergeSort(arr, 0, n - 1); } } void displayArray(int arr[], int n) { for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { cout << arr[i] << " "; } cout << endl; } // Function to dynamically allocate an array and fill it with random values. void fillDynamicArrayWithRandomValues(int** arr, int* n) { cout << "Enter the size of the array: "; cin >> *n; *arr = new int[*n]; srand(time(0)); // Seed for random number generation for (int i = 0; i < *n; i++) { (*arr)[i] = rand() % 1000; // Fill with random numbers between 0 and 999 } } int main() { int* arr; int n; fillDynamicArrayWithRandomValues(&arr, &n); cout << "Unsorted array: "; displayArray(arr, n); processInPlaceMergeSort(arr, n); cout << "Sorted array: "; displayArray(arr, n); delete[] arr; // Deallocate dynamically allocated memory return 0; }
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