std::inplace_merge

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Merges two consecutive sorted ranges [first, middle) and [middle, last) into one sorted range [first, last). The order of equal elements is guaranteed to be preserved. The first version uses operator< to compare the elements, the second version uses the given comparison function comp.

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(none)

[edit] Complexity

Exctly N-1 comparisons if enough additional memory is available, otherwise N·log(N) where N = std::distance(first, last).

[edit] Example

The following code is an implementation of merge sort.

#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
 
template<class Iter>
void merge_sort(Iter first, Iter last)
{
    if (last - first > 1) {
        Iter middle = first + (last - first) / 2;
        merge_sort(first, middle);
        merge_sort(middle, last);
        std::inplace_merge(first, middle, last);
    }
}
 
int main()
{
    std::vector<int> v{8, 2, -2, 0, 11, 11, 1, 7, 3};
    merge_sort(v.begin(), v.end());
    for(auto n : v) {
        std::cout << n << ' ';
    }
    std::cout << '\n';
}

Output:

-2 0 1 2 3 7 8 11 11

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