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Sorting algorithms/Strand sort

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Sorting algorithms/Strand
sort
Task You are encouraged to solve
Implement the Strand sort (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strand_sort). this task
(/wiki/Rosetta_Code:Solve_a_Task)
This is a way of sorting numbers by extracting shorter sequences of already sorted according to the task
numbers from an unsorted list. description, using any
language you may know.
Contents
Sorting Algorithm
1 AutoHotkey This is a sorting algorithm. It
2 C may be applied to a set of
3 C++ data in order to sort it.
4 Clojure
5 CMake For other sorting algorithms,
see Category:Sorting
6 Common Lisp
Algorithms
7 D
7.1 Using doubly linked lists (/wiki/Category:Sorting_Algorithms),
or:
7.2 Faster version using slices
O (/wiki/O)(n logn) Sorts
8 Elixir Heapsort
9 Euphoria (/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Heapsort)
10 Go | Mergesort
(/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Merge_sort)
11 Haskell
| Quicksort
12 J (/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Quicksort)
13 Java O (/wiki/O)(n log2n) Sorts
14 jq Shell Sort
(/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Shell_sort)
15 Kotlin
O (/wiki/O)(n2) Sorts
16 Mathematica Bubble sort

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 1/41
11/03/2018 Sorting algorithms/Strand sort - Rosetta Code

17 MAXScript (/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Bubble_sort)
| Cocktail sort
18 NetRexx
(/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Cocktail_sort)
19 Nim | Comb sort
20 OCaml (/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Comb_sort)
21 PARI/GP | Gnome sort
(/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Gnome_sort)
22 Pascal
| Insertion sort
23 Perl (/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Insertion_sort)
24 Perl 6 | Selection sort
25 Phix (/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Selection_sort)
| Strand sort
26 PHP
Other Sorts
27 PicoLisp Bead sort
28 PL/I (/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Bead_sort)
29 PureBasic | Bogosort
(/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Bogosort)
30 Python
| Counting sort
31 Racket (/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Counting_sort)
32 REXX | Pancake sort
33 Ring (/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Pancake_sort)
| Permutation sort
34 Ruby
(/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Permutation_sort)
35 Sidef | Radix sort
36 Tcl (/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Radix_sort)
37 Ursala | Sleep sort
(/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Sleep_sort)
38 zkl
| Stooge sort
(/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Stooge_sort)

AutoHotkey | Sort three variables
(/wiki/Sort_three_variables)

(/wiki/Category:AutoHotkey)
Works with: AutoHotkey_L (/wiki/AutoHotkey_L)

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 2/41
11/03/2018 Sorting algorithms/Strand sort - Rosetta Code

string =
(
-2 0 -2 5 5 3 -1 -3 5 5 0 2 -4 4 2
)
string2 := string
Loop (http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/commands/Loop.htm)
{
loop (http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/commands/Loop.htm), parse, string, %A_space%
{
list := 1 = A_index (http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/Variables.htm#A_Index) ? A_loopfi
StringSplit (http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/commands/StringSplit.htm), k, list, %A_sp

if ( k%k0% <= A_loopfield (http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/Variables.htm#A_LoopField)

list := list . " " . A_loopfield (http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/Variables.ht

if ( k%k0% > A_loopfield (http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/Variables.htm#A_LoopField) )

list := A_loopfield (http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/Variables.htm#A_LoopField
l := A_loopfield (http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/Variables.htm#A_LoopField)
}
if ( index = 0 )
{
MsgBox (http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/commands/MsgBox.htm) % "unsorted:" str
exitapp (http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/commands/ExitApp.htm)
}
string := list, list = "", index := 0
}
esc::ExitApp (http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/commands/ExitApp.htm)

outout

unsorted:-2 0 -2 5 5 3 -1 -3 5 5 0 2 -4 4 2
Sorted:-4 -3 -2 -2 -1 0 0 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 5

C (/wiki/Category:C)
Strand sort using singly linked list. C99, compiled with gcc -std=c99

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 3/41
11/03/2018 Sorting algorithms/Strand sort - Rosetta Code

#include <stdio.h>

typedef struct node_t *node, node_t;

struct node_t { int v; node next; };
typedef struct { node head, tail; } slist;

void push(slist *l, node e) {

if (!l->head) l->head = e;
if (l->tail) l->tail->next = e;
l->tail = e;
}

node removehead(slist *l) {

node e = l->head;
if (e) {
l->head = e->next;
e->next = 0;
}
return e;
}

void join(slist *a, slist *b) {

push(a, b->head);
a->tail = b->tail;
}

void merge(slist *a, slist *b) {

slist r = {0};
while (a->head && b->head)
push(&r, removehead(a->head->v <= b->head->v ? a : b));

join(&r, a->head ? a : b);

*a = r;
b->head = b->tail = 0;
}

void sort(int *ar, int len)

{
node_t all[len];

// array to list
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
all[i].v = ar[i], all[i].next = i < len - 1 ? all + i + 1 : 0;

slist list = {all, all + len - 1}, rem, strand = {0}, res = {0};

for (node e = 0; list.head; list = rem) {

rem.head = rem.tail = 0;
while ((e = removehead(&list)))
push((!strand.head || e->v >= strand.tail->v) ? &strand : &rem, e);

merge(&res, &strand);
}

// list to array
for (int i = 0; res.head; i++, res.head = res.head->next)
ar[i] = res.head->v;
}

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 4/41
11/03/2018 Sorting algorithms/Strand sort - Rosetta Code
void show(const char *title, int *x, int len)
{
printf (http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/printf.html)("%s ", title);
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
printf (http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/printf.html)("%3d ",
putchar (http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/putchar.html)('\n');
}

int main(void)
{
int x[] = {-2,0,-2,5,5,3,-1,-3,5,5,0,2,-4,4,2};
# define SIZE sizeof(x)/sizeof(int)

show("before sort:", x, SIZE);

sort(x, sizeof(x)/sizeof(int));
show("after sort: ", x, SIZE);

return 0;
}

outout

before sort: -2 0 -2 5 5 3 -1 -3 5 5 0 2 -4 4 2
after sort: -4 -3 -2 -2 -1 0 0 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 5

C++ (/wiki/Category:C%2B%2B)
#include <list>

template <typename T>

std::list<T> strandSort(std::list<T> lst) {
if (lst.size() <= 1)
return lst;
std::list<T> result;
std::list<T> sorted;
while (!lst.empty()) {
sorted.push_back(lst.front());
lst.pop_front();
for (typename std::list<T>::iterator it = lst.begin(); it != lst.end(); ) {
if (sorted.back() <= *it) {
sorted.push_back(*it);
it = lst.erase(it);
} else
it++;
}
result.merge(sorted);
}
return result;
}

Clojure (/wiki/Category:Clojure)

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 5/41
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(ns rosettacode.strand-sort)

(defn merge-join
"Produces a globally sorted seq from two sorted seqables"
[[a & la :as all] [b & lb :as bll]]
(cond (nil? a) bll
(nil? b) all
(< a b) (cons a (lazy-seq (merge-join la bll)))
true (cons b (lazy-seq (merge-join all lb)))))

(defn unbraid
"Separates a sorted list from a sequence"
[u]
(when (seq u)
(loop [[x & xs] u
u []
s []
e x]
(if (nil? x)
[s u]
(if (>= x e)
(recur xs u (conj s x) x)
(recur xs (conj u x) s e))))))

(defn strand-sort
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strand_sort"
[s]
(loop [[s u] (unbraid s)
m nil]
(if s
(recur (unbraid u) (merge-join m s))
m)))

(strand-sort [1, 6, 3, 2, 1, 7, 5, 3])

;;=> (1 1 2 3 3 5 6 7)

CMake (/wiki/Category:CMake)
Only for lists of integers.

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 6/41
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# strand_sort(<output variable> [<value>...]) sorts a list of integers.

function (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:function)(strand_sort var)
# Strand sort moves elements from _ARGN_ to _answer_.
set (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:set)(answer) # ans
while (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:while)(DEFINED ARGN)
# Split _ARGN_ into two lists, _accept_ and _reject_.
set (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:set)(accept) # acc
set (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:set)(reject) # rej
set (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:set)(p)
foreach (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:foreach)(e ${ARGN})
if (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:if)(DEFINED p AND p GREATER ${e})
list (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:list)(APPEND reject ${e})
else (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:else)()
list (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:list)(APPEND accept ${e})
set (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:set)(p ${e})
endif (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:endif)()
endforeach (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:endforeach)(e)

# Prepare to merge _accept_ into _answer_. First, convert both lists

# into arrays, for better indexing: set(e ${answer${i}}) is faster
# than list(GET answer ${i} e).
set (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:set)(la 0)
foreach (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:foreach)(e ${answer})
math (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:math)(EXPR la "${la} + 1")
set (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:set)(answer${la} ${e})
endforeach (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:endforeach)(e)
set (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:set)(lb 0)
foreach (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:foreach)(e ${accept})
math (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:math)(EXPR lb "${lb} + 1")
set (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:set)(accept${lb} ${e})
endforeach (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:endforeach)(e)

# Merge _accept_ into _answer_.

set (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:set)(answer)
set (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:set)(ia 1)
set (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:set)(ib 1)
while (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:while)(NOT ia GREATER ${la})
set (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:set)(ea ${answer${ia}})
while (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:while)(NOT ib GREATER ${lb})
set (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:set)(eb ${accept${ib}})
if (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:if)(eb LESS ${ea})
list (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:list)(APPEND answer ${eb})
math (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:math)(EXPR ib "${ib} + 1")
else (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:else)()
break (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:break)()
endif (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:endif)()
endwhile (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:endwhile)()
list (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:list)(APPEND answer ${ea})
math (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:math)(EXPR ia "${ia} + 1")
endwhile (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:endwhile)()
while (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:while)(NOT ib GREATER ${lb})
list (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:list)(APPEND answer ${accept${i
math (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:math)(EXPR ib "${ib} + 1")
endwhile (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:endwhile)()

# This _reject_ becomes next _ARGN_. If _reject_ is empty, then

# set(ARGN) undefines _ARGN_, breaking the loop.
set (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:set)(ARGN ${reject})
endwhile (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:endwhile)(DEFINED ARGN)

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 7/41
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set (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:set)("${var}" ${answer} PARENT_SCOPE

endfunction (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:endfunction)(strand_sort)

strand_sort(result 11 55 55 44 11 33 33 44 22 22)
message (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake2.6docs.html#command:message)(STATUS "${result}") # --

Common Lisp (/wiki/Category:Common_Lisp)

(defun strand-sort (l cmp)
(if l
(let* ((l (reverse l))
(o (list (car l))) n)
(loop for i in (cdr l) do
(push i (if (funcall cmp (car o) i) n o)))
(merge 'list o (strand-sort n cmp) #'<))))

(let ((r (loop repeat 15 collect (random 10))))

(print r)
(print (strand-sort r #'<)))

output

(5 8 6 0 6 8 4 7 0 7 1 5 3 3 6)
(0 0 1 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 8)

D (/wiki/Category:D)
Using doubly linked lists

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 8/41
11/03/2018 Sorting algorithms/Strand sort - Rosetta Code

import std.stdio, std.container;

DList!T strandSort(T)(DList!T list) {

static DList!T merge(DList!T left, DList!T right) {
DList!T result;
while (!left.empty && !right.empty) {
if (left.front <= right.front) {
result.insertBack(left.front);
left.removeFront();
} else {
result.insertBack(right.front);
right.removeFront();
}
}
result.insertBack(left[]);
result.insertBack(right[]);
return result;
}

DList!T result, sorted, leftover;

while (!list.empty) {
leftover.clear();
sorted.clear();
sorted.insertBack(list.front);
list.removeFront();
foreach (item; list) {
if (sorted.back <= item)
sorted.insertBack(item);
else
leftover.insertBack(item);
}
result = merge(sorted, result);
list = leftover;
}

return result;
}

void main() {
auto lst = DList!int([-2,0,-2,5,5,3,-1,-3,5,5,0,2,-4,4,2]);
foreach (e; strandSort(lst))
write(e, " ");
}

Output:

-4 -3 -2 -2 -1 0 0 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 5

Faster version using slices

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 9/41
11/03/2018 Sorting algorithms/Strand sort - Rosetta Code

import std.stdio, std.array;

T[] strandSort(T)(const(T)[] list) pure nothrow {

static T[] merge(const(T)[] left, const(T)[] right) pure nothrow {
T[] res;
while (!left.empty && !right.empty) {
if (left.front <= right.front) {
res ~= left.front;
left.popFront;
} else {
res ~= right.front;
right.popFront;
}
}
return res ~ left ~ right;
}

T[] result;
while (!list.empty) {
auto sorted = list[0 .. 1];
list.popFront;
typeof(sorted) leftover;
foreach (const item; list)
(sorted.back <= item ? sorted : leftover) ~= item;
result = merge(sorted, result);
list = leftover;
}

return result;
}

void main() {
const arr = [-2, 0, -2, 5, 5, 3, -1, -3, 5, 5, 0, 2, -4, 4, 2];
arr.strandSort.writeln;
}

Output:

[-4, -3, -2, -2, -1, 0, 0, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5]

Elixir (/wiki/Category:Elixir)
Translation of: Ruby

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 10/41
11/03/2018 Sorting algorithms/Strand sort - Rosetta Code

defmodule Sort do
def strand_sort(args), do: strand_sort(args, [])

defp strand_sort([], result), do: result

defp strand_sort(a, result) do
{_, sublist, b} = Enum.reduce(a, {hd(a),[],[]}, fn val,{v,l1,l2} ->
if v <= val, do: {val, [val | l1], l2},
else: {v, l1, [val | l2]}
end)
strand_sort(b, :lists.merge(Enum.reverse(sublist), result))
end
end

IO.inspect Sort.strand_sort [7, 17, 6, 20, 20, 12, 1, 1, 9]

Output:

[1, 1, 6, 7, 9, 12, 17, 20, 20]

Euphoria (/wiki/Category:Euphoria)

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 11/41
11/03/2018 Sorting algorithms/Strand sort - Rosetta Code

function merge(sequence left, sequence right)

sequence result
result = {}
while length(left) > 0 and length(right) > 0 do
if left[$] <= right[1] then
exit
elsif right[$] <= left[1] then
return result & right & left
elsif left[1] < right[1] then
result = append(result,left[1])
left = left[2..$]
else
result = append(result,right[1])
right = right[2..$]
end if
end while
return result & left & right
end function

function strand_sort(sequence s)
integer j
sequence result
result = {}
while length(s) > 0 do
j = length(s)
for i = 1 to length(s)-1 do
if s[i] > s[i+1] then
j = i
exit
end if
end for

result = merge(result,s[1..j])
s = s[j+1..$]
end while
return result
end function

constant s = rand(repeat(1000,10))
puts(1,"Before: ")
? s
puts(1,"After: ")
? strand_sort(s)

Output:

Before: {551,746,940,903,51,18,346,417,340,502}
After: {18,51,340,346,417,502,551,746,903,940}

Go (/wiki/Category:Go)

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 12/41
11/03/2018 Sorting algorithms/Strand sort - Rosetta Code

package main

import "fmt"

type link struct {

int
next *link
}

func linkInts(s []int) *link {

if len(s) == 0 {
return nil
}
return &link{s[0], linkInts(s[1:])}
}

func (l *link) String() string {

if l == nil {
return "nil"
}
r := fmt.Sprintf("[%d", l.int)
for l = l.next; l != nil; l = l.next {
r = fmt.Sprintf("%s %d", r, l.int)
}
return r + "]"
}

func main() {
a := linkInts([]int{170, 45, 75, -90, -802, 24, 2, 66})
fmt.Println("before:", a)
b := strandSort(a)
fmt.Println("after: ", b)
}

func strandSort(a *link) (result *link) {

for a != nil {
// build sublist
sublist := a
a = a.next
sTail := sublist
for p, pPrev := a, a; p != nil; p = p.next {
if p.int > sTail.int {
// append to sublist
sTail.next = p
sTail = p
// remove from a
if p == a {
a = p.next
} else {
pPrev.next = p.next
}
} else {
pPrev = p
}
}
sTail.next = nil // terminate sublist
if result == nil {
result = sublist
continue

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 13/41
11/03/2018 Sorting algorithms/Strand sort - Rosetta Code
}
// merge
var m, rr *link
if sublist.int < result.int {
m = sublist
sublist = m.next
rr = result
} else {
m = result
rr = m.next
}
result = m
for {
if sublist == nil {
m.next = rr
break
}
if rr == nil {
m.next = sublist
break
}
if sublist.int < rr.int {
m.next = sublist
m = sublist
sublist = m.next
} else {
m.next = rr
m = rr
rr = m.next
}
}
}
return
}

Output:

before: [170 45 75 -90 -802 24 2 66]

after: [-802 -90 2 24 45 66 75 170]

Haskell (/wiki/Category:Haskell)

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 14/41
11/03/2018 Sorting algorithms/Strand sort - Rosetta Code

-- Same merge as in Merge Sort

merge :: (Ord (http://haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/libraries/base/Prelude.html#t:Ord) a) => [a] -
merge [] ys = ys
merge xs [] = xs
merge (x : xs) (y : ys)
| x <= y = x : merge xs (y : ys)
| otherwise (http://haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/libraries/base/Prelude.html#v:otherwise)

strandSort :: (Ord (http://haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/libraries/base/Prelude.html#t:Ord) a) =>

strandSort [] = []
strandSort (x : xs) = merge strand (strandSort rest) where
(strand, rest) = extractStrand x xs
extractStrand x [] = ([x], [])
extractStrand x (x1 : xs)
| x <= x1 = let (strand, rest) = extractStrand x1 xs in (x : strand, rest)
| otherwise (http://haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/libraries/base/Prelude.html#v:ot

J (/wiki/Category:J)
Generally, this task should be accomplished in J using /:~ . Here we take an approach that's more
comparable with the other examples on this page.

Using merge defined at Sorting algorithms/Merge sort#J (/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Merge_sort#J):

strandSort=: (#~ merge $:^:(0<#)@(#~ -.)) (= >./\)

Example use:

strandSort 3 1 5 4 2
1 2 3 4 5

Note: the order in which this J implementation processes the strands differs from the pseudocode currently at the
wikipedia page on strand sort and matches the haskell implementation currently at the wikipedia page.

Also note that the individual strands can be seen by using ; instead of merge .

((#~ ; $:^:(0<#)@(#~ -.)) (= >./\)) 3 1 5 4 2

┌───┬───┬─┬┐
│3 5│1 4│2││
└───┴───┴─┴┘
((#~ ; $:^:(0<#)@(#~ -.)) (= >./\)) 3 3 1 2 4 3 5 6
┌─────────┬─────┬┐
│3 3 4 5 6│1 2 3││
└─────────┴─────┴┘

Java (/wiki/Category:Java)
Works with: Java (/wiki/Java) version 1.6+

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 15/41
11/03/2018 Sorting algorithms/Strand sort - Rosetta Code

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.LinkedList;

public class Strand{

// note: the input list is destroyed
public static <E extends Comparable (http://java.sun.com/j2se/1%2E5%2E0/docs/api/java/lang/Co
LinkedList (http://java.sun.com/j2se/1%2E5%2E0/docs/api/java/util/LinkedList.html)<E> strandS
if(list.size() <= 1) return list;

LinkedList (http://java.sun.com/j2se/1%2E5%2E0/docs/api/java/util/LinkedList.html)<E>
while(list.size() > 0){
LinkedList (http://java.sun.com/j2se/1%2E5%2E0/docs/api/java/util/LinkedList.
sorted.add(list.removeFirst()); //same as remove() or remove(0)
for(Iterator (http://java.sun.com/j2se/1%2E5%2E0/docs/api/java/util/Iterator.
E elem = it.next();
if(sorted.peekLast().compareTo(elem) <= 0){
sorted.addLast(elem); //same as add(elem) or add(0, elem)
it.remove();
}
}
result = merge(sorted, result);
}
return result;
}

private static <E extends Comparable (http://java.sun.com/j2se/1%2E5%2E0/docs/api/java/lang/C

LinkedList (http://java.sun.com/j2se/1%2E5%2E0/docs/api/java/util/LinkedList.html)<E> merge(L
LinkedList (http://java.sun.com/j2se/1%2E5%2E0/docs/api/java/util/LinkedList.html)<E>
while(!left.isEmpty() && !right.isEmpty()){
//change the direction of this comparison to change the direction of the sort
if(left.peek().compareTo(right.peek()) <= 0)
result.add(left.remove());
else
result.add(right.remove());
}
result.addAll(left);
result.addAll(right);
return result;
}

public static void main(String (http://java.sun.com/j2se/1%2E5%2E0/docs/api/java/lang/String.

System (http://java.sun.com/j2se/1%2E5%2E0/docs/api/java/lang/System.html).out.printl
System (http://java.sun.com/j2se/1%2E5%2E0/docs/api/java/lang/System.html).out.printl
System (http://java.sun.com/j2se/1%2E5%2E0/docs/api/java/lang/System.html).out.printl
}
}

Output:

[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
[1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5]
[1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6]

jq (/wiki/Category:Jq)
https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 16/41
11/03/2018 Sorting algorithms/Strand sort - Rosetta Code

Most of the implementation is the "merge" function for merging two arrays. Notice that the helper function, strand, is
defined here as an inner function.

# merge input array with array x by comparing the heads of the arrays
# in turn; # if both arrays are sorted, the result will be sorted:
def merge(x):
length as $length
| (x|length) as $xl
| if $length == 0 then x
elif $xl == 0 then .
else
. as $in
| reduce range(0; $xl + $length) as $z
# state [ix, xix, ans]
( [0, 0, []];
if .[0] < $length and
((.[1] < $xl and $in[.[0]] <= x[.[1]]) or .[1] == $xl)
then [(.[0] + 1), .[1], (.[2] + [$in[.[0]]]) ]
else [.[0], (.[1] + 1), (.[2] + [x[.[1]]]) ]
end
) | .[2]
end ;

def strand_sort:
# The inner function emits [strand, remainder]
def strand:
if length <= 1 then .
else
reduce .[] as $x
# state: [strand, remainder]
([ [], [] ];
if ((.[0]|length) == 0) or .[0][-1] <= $x
then [ (.[0] + [$x]), .[1] ]
else [ .[0], (.[1] + [$x]) ]
end )
end ;

if length <= 1 then .

else strand as $s
| ($s[0] | merge( $s[1] | strand_sort))
end ;

Example:

[1,3,5,2,4,6] | strand_sort

Kotlin (/wiki/Category:Kotlin)
Translation of: D

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 17/41
11/03/2018 Sorting algorithms/Strand sort - Rosetta Code

// version 1.1.2

fun <T : Comparable<T>> strandSort(l: List<T>): List<T> {

fun merge(left: MutableList<T>, right: MutableList<T>): MutableList<T> {
val (http://scala-lang.org) res = mutableListOf<T>()
while (http://scala-lang.org) (!left.isEmpty() && !right.isEmpty()) {
if (http://scala-lang.org) (left[0] <= right[0]) {
res.add(left[0])
left.removeAt(0)
}
else (http://scala-lang.org) {
res.add(right[0])
right.removeAt(0)
}
}
res.addAll(left)
res.addAll(right)
return (http://scala-lang.org) res
}

var (http://scala-lang.org) list = l.toMutableList()

var (http://scala-lang.org) result = mutableListOf<T>()
while (http://scala-lang.org) (!list.isEmpty()) {
val (http://scala-lang.org) sorted = mutableListOf(list[0])
list.removeAt(0)
val (http://scala-lang.org) leftover = mutableListOf<T>()
for (http://scala-lang.org) (item in list) {
if (http://scala-lang.org) (sorted.last() <= item)
sorted.add(item)
else (http://scala-lang.org)
leftover.add(item)
}
result = merge(sorted, result)
list = leftover
}
return (http://scala-lang.org) result
}

fun main(args: Array<String>) {

val (http://scala-lang.org) l = listOf(-2, 0, -2, 5, 5, 3, -1, -3, 5, 5, 0, 2, -4, 4, 2)
println(strandSort(l))
}

Output:

[-4, -3, -2, -2, -1, 0, 0, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5]

Mathematica (/wiki/Category:Mathematica)

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 18/41
11/03/2018 Sorting algorithms/Strand sort - Rosetta Code

StrandSort[ input_ ] := Module[ {results = {}, A = input},

While[Length@A > 0,
sublist = {A[[1]]}; A = A[[2;;All]];
For[i = 1, i < Length@A, i++,
If[ A[[i]] > Last@sublist, AppendTo[sublist, A[[i]]]; A = Delete[A, i];]
];
results = #[[Ordering@#]]&@Join[sublist, results];];
results ]

Example usage :

StrandSort[{2, 3, 7, 5, 1, 4, 7}]
{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 7}

MAXScript (/wiki/Category:MAXScript)
fn strandSort arr =
(
arr = deepcopy arr
local sub = #()
local results = #()
while arr.count > 0 do
(
sub = #()
append sub (amax arr)
deleteitem arr (for i in 1 to arr.count where arr[i] == amax arr collect i)[1]
local i = 1
while i <= arr.count do
(
if arr[i] > sub[sub.count] do
(
append sub arr[i]
deleteitem arr i
)
i += 1
)
results = join sub results
)
return results

Output:

a = for i in 1 to 20 collect random 1 40

#(19, 26, 14, 31, 11, 33, 2, 14, 32, 28, 12, 38, 2, 37, 27, 18, 31, 24, 39, 28)
strandSort a
#(2, 2, 11, 12, 14, 14, 18, 19, 24, 26, 27, 28, 28, 31, 31, 32, 33, 37, 38, 39)

NetRexx (/wiki/Category:NetRexx)

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 19/41
11/03/2018 Sorting algorithms/Strand sort - Rosetta Code

/* NetRexx */
options replace format comments java crossref savelog symbols binary

import java.util.List

placesList = [String -
"UK London", "US New York", "US Boston", "US Washington" -
, "UK Washington", "US Birmingham", "UK Birmingham", "UK Boston" -
]

lists = [ -
placesList -
, strandSort(String[] Arrays.copyOf(placesList, placesList.length)) -
]

loop ln = 0 to lists.length - 1
cl = lists[ln]
loop ct = 0 to cl.length - 1
say cl[ct]
end ct
say
end ln

return

method strandSort(A = String[]) public constant binary returns String[]

rl = String[A.length]
al = List strandSort(Arrays.asList(A))
al.toArray(rl)

return rl

method strandSort(Alst = List) public constant binary returns ArrayList

A = ArrayList(Alst)
result = ArrayList()
loop label A_ while A.size > 0
sublist = ArrayList()
sublist.add(A.get(0))
A.remove(0)
loop i_ = 0 while i_ < A.size - 1
if (Comparable A.get(i_)).compareTo(Comparable sublist.get(sublist.size - 1)) > 0 then do
sublist.add(A.get(i_))
A.remove(i_)
end
end i_
result = merge(result, sublist)
end A_

return result

method merge(left = List, right = List) public constant binary returns ArrayList

result = ArrayList()
loop label mx while left.size > 0 & right.size > 0
if (Comparable left.get(0)).compareTo(Comparable right.get(0)) <= 0 then do
result.add(left.get(0))
left.remove(0)
https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 20/41
11/03/2018 Sorting algorithms/Strand sort - Rosetta Code
end
else do
result.add(right.get(0))
right.remove(0)
end
end mx
if left.size > 0 then do
result.addAll(left)
end
if right.size > 0 then do
result.addAll(right)
end

return result

Output

UK London
US New York
US Boston
US Washington
UK Washington
US Birmingham
UK Birmingham
UK Boston

UK Birmingham
UK Boston
UK London
UK Washington
US Birmingham
US Boston
US New York
US Washington

Nim (/wiki/Category:Nim)

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 21/41
11/03/2018 Sorting algorithms/Strand sort - Rosetta Code

proc mergeList[T](a, b: var seq[T]): seq[T] =

result = @[]
while a.len > 0 and b.len > 0:
if a[0] < b[0]:
result.add a[0]
a.delete 0
else:
result.add b[0]
b.delete 0
result.add a
result.add b

proc strand[T](a: var seq[T]): seq[T] =

var i = 0
result = @[a[0]]
a.delete 0
while i < a.len:
if a[i] > result[result.high]:
result.add a[i]
a.delete i
else:
inc i

proc strandSort[T](a: seq[T]): seq[T] =

var a = a
result = a.strand
while a.len > 0:
var s = a.strand
result = mergeList(result, s)

var a = @[1, 6, 3, 2, 1, 7, 5, 3]
echo a.strandSort

Output:

@[1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 5, 6, 7]

OCaml (/wiki/Category:OCaml)
Translation of: Haskell

let rec strand_sort (cmp : 'a -> 'a -> int (http://caml.inria.fr/pub/docs/manual-ocaml/libref/Pervasi
[] -> []
| x::xs ->
let rec extract_strand x = function
[] -> [x], []
| x1::xs when cmp x x1 <= 0 ->
let strand, rest = extract_strand x1 xs in x::strand, rest
| x1::xs ->
let strand, rest = extract_strand x xs in strand, x1::rest
in
let strand, rest = extract_strand x xs in
List (http://caml.inria.fr/pub/docs/manual-ocaml/libref/List.html).merge cmp strand (strand_sort c

usage

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 22/41
11/03/2018 Sorting algorithms/Strand sort - Rosetta Code

# strand_sort compare [170; 45; 75; -90; -802; 24; 2; 66];;

- : int list = [-802; -90; 2; 24; 45; 66; 75; 170]

PARI/GP (/wiki/Category:PARI/GP)
strandSort(v)={
my(sorted=[],unsorted=v,remaining,working);
while(#unsorted,
remaining=working=List();
listput(working, unsorted[1]);
for(i=2,#unsorted,
if(unsorted[i]<working[#working],
listput(remaining, unsorted[i])
,
listput(working, unsorted[i])
)
);
unsorted=Vec(remaining);
sorted=merge(sorted, Vec(working))
);
sorted
};
merge(u,v)={
my(ret=vector(#u+#v),i=1,j=1);
for(k=1,#ret,
if(i<=#u & (j>#v | u[i]<v[j]),
ret[k]=u[i];
i++
,
ret[k]=v[j];
j++
)
);
ret
};

Pascal (/wiki/Category:Pascal)

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 23/41
11/03/2018 Sorting algorithms/Strand sort - Rosetta Code

program StrandSortDemo;

type
TIntArray = array of integer;

function merge(left: TIntArray; right: TIntArray): TIntArray;

var
i, j, k: integer;
begin
setlength(merge, length(left) + length(right));
i := low(merge);
j := low(left);
k := low(right);
repeat
if ((left[j] <= right[k]) and (j <= high(left))) or (k > high(right)) then
begin
merge[i] := left[j];
inc(j);
end
else
begin
merge[i] := right[k];
inc(k);
end;
inc(i);
until i > high(merge);
end;

function StrandSort(s: TIntArray): TIntArray;

var
strand: TIntArray;
i, j: integer;
begin
setlength(StrandSort, length(s));
setlength(strand, length(s));
i := low(s);
repeat
StrandSort[i] := s[i];
inc(i);
until (s[i] < s[i-1]);
setlength(StrandSort, i);
repeat
setlength(strand, 1);
j := low(strand);
strand[j] := s[i];
while (s[i+1] > s[i]) and (i < high(s)) do
begin
inc(i);
inc(j);
setlength(strand, length(strand) + 1);
Strand[j] := s[i];
end;
StrandSort := merge(StrandSort, strand);
inc(i);
until (i > high(s));
end;

var
data: TIntArray;

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 24/41
11/03/2018 Sorting algorithms/Strand sort - Rosetta Code
i: integer;

begin
setlength(data, 8);
Randomize;
writeln('The data before sorting:');
for i := low(data) to high(data) do
begin
data[i] := Random(high(data));
write(data[i]:4);
end;
writeln;
data := StrandSort(data);
writeln('The data after sorting:');
for i := low(data) to high(data) do
begin
write(data[i]:4);
end;
writeln;
end.

Perl (/wiki/Category:Perl)

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 25/41
11/03/2018 Sorting algorithms/Strand sort - Rosetta Code

use 5.10.0; # for given/when

sub merge {
my ($x, $y) = @_;
my @out;
while (@$x and @$y) {
given ($x->[-1] <=> $y->[-1]) {
when( 1) { unshift (http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/unshift.html) @out, pop
when(-1) { unshift (http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/unshift.html) @out, pop
default { splice (http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/splice.html) @out, 0, 0,
}
}
return (http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/return.html) @$x, @$y, @out
}

sub strand {
my $x = shift (http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/shift.html);
my @out = shift (http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/shift.html) @$x // return (http://perldoc.
if (@$x) {
for (-@$x .. -1) {
if ($x->[$_] >= $out[-1]) {
push (http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/push.html) @out, splice (http
}
}
}
return (http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/return.html) @out
}

sub strand_sort {
my @x = @_;
my @out;
while (my @strand = strand(\@x)) {
@out = merge(\@out, \@strand)
}
@out
}

my @a = map (http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/map.html) (int (http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/int.

say "Before @a";
@a = strand_sort(@a);
say "After @a";

Perl 6 (/wiki/Category:Perl_6)

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 26/41
11/03/2018 Sorting algorithms/Strand sort - Rosetta Code

sub infix:<M> (@x, @y) {

gather {
while @x and @y {
take do given @x[0] cmp @y[0] {
when Increase { @x.shift }
when Decrease { @y.shift }
when Same { @x.shift, @y.shift }
}
}
take @x, @y;
}
}

sub strand (@x is rw) {

my $prev = -Inf;
my $i = 0;
gather while $i < @x {
if @x[$i] before $prev {
$i++;
}
else {
take $prev = splice(@x, $i, 1)[0];
}
}
}

sub strand_sort (@x is copy) {

my @out;
@out M= strand(@x) while @x;
@out;
}

my @a = (^100).roll(10);
say "Before @a[]";
@a = strand_sort(@a);
say "After @a[]";

@a = <The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog>;

say "Before @a[]";
@a = strand_sort(@a);
say "After @a[]";

Output:

Before 1 20 64 72 48 75 96 55 42 74
After 1 20 42 48 55 64 72 74 75 96
Before The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
After The brown dog fox jumps lazy over quick the

Phix (/wiki/Category:Phix)
Copy of Euphoria (/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Euphoria)

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 27/41
11/03/2018 Sorting algorithms/Strand sort - Rosetta Code

function merge(sequence left, sequence right)

sequence result = {}
while length(left)>0 and length(right)>0 do
if left[$]<=right[1] then
exit
elsif right[$]<=left[1] then
return result & right & left
elsif left[1]<right[1] then
result = append(result,left[1])
left = left[2..$]
else
result = append(result,right[1])
right = right[2..$]
end if
end while
return result & left & right
end function

function strand_sort(sequence s)
integer j
sequence result = {}
while length(s)>0 do
j = length(s)
for i=1 to length(s)-1 do
if s[i]>s[i+1] then
j = i
exit
end if
end for
result = merge(result,s[1..j])
s = s[j+1..$]
end while
return result
end function

PHP (/wiki/Category:PHP)
Translation of: D
Works with: PHP 5.3.0+ (/mw/index.php?title=PHP_5.3.0%2B&action=edit&redlink=1)

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 28/41
11/03/2018 Sorting algorithms/Strand sort - Rosetta Code

$lst = new SplDoublyLinkedList();

foreach (array (http://www.php.net/array)(1,20,64,72,48,75,96,55,42,74) as $v)
$lst->push($v);
foreach (strandSort($lst) as $v)
echo "$v ";

function strandSort(SplDoublyLinkedList $lst) {

$result = new SplDoublyLinkedList();
while (!$lst->isEmpty()) {
$sorted = new SplDoublyLinkedList();
$remain = new SplDoublyLinkedList();
$sorted->push($lst->shift());
foreach ($lst as $item) {
if ($sorted->top() <= $item) {
$sorted->push($item);
} else {
$remain->push($item);
}
}
$result = _merge($sorted, $result);
$lst = $remain;
}
return $result;
}

function _merge(SplDoublyLinkedList $left, SplDoublyLinkedList $right) {

$res = new SplDoublyLinkedList();
while (!$left->isEmpty() && !$right->isEmpty()) {
if ($left->bottom() <= $right->bottom()) {
$res->push($left->shift());
} else {
$res->push($right->shift());
}
}
foreach ($left as $v) $res->push($v);
foreach ($right as $v) $res->push($v);
return $res;
}

1 20 42 48 55 64 72 74 75 96

PicoLisp (/wiki/Category:PicoLisp)

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 29/41
11/03/2018 Sorting algorithms/Strand sort - Rosetta Code

(de strandSort (Lst)

(let Res NIL # Result list
(while Lst
(let Sub (circ (car Lst)) # Build sublist as fifo
(setq
Lst (filter
'((X)
(or
(> (car Sub) X)
(nil (fifo 'Sub X)) ) )
(cdr Lst) )
Res (make
(while (or Res Sub) # Merge
(link
(if2 Res Sub
(if (>= (car Res) (cadr Sub))
(fifo 'Sub)
(pop 'Res) )
(pop 'Res)
(fifo 'Sub) ) ) ) ) ) ) )
Res ) )

Test:

: (strandSort (3 1 5 4 2))
-> (1 2 3 4 5)

: (strandSort (3 abc 1 (d e f) 5 T 4 NIL 2))

-> (NIL 1 2 3 4 5 abc (d e f) T)

PL/I (/wiki/Category:PL/I)

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 30/41
11/03/2018 Sorting algorithms/Strand sort - Rosetta Code

strand: procedure options (main); /* 27 Oct. 2012 */

declare A(100) fixed, used(100) bit (1), sorted fixed controlled;
declare (temp, work) fixed controlled;
declare (i, j, k, n) fixed binary;

n = hbound(A, 1);
used = '1'b;
A = random()*99;

put edit (A) (f(3));

do while (allocation(sorted) < n);

call fetch (A, work);
call move (temp, work);

call merge(sorted, temp);

/* Merges elements in SORTED with elements in TEMP. */
end;
/* Transfer the sorted elements to A. */
do i = 1 to allocation(sorted);
A(i) = sorted; free sorted;
end;
/* Print the sorted values. */
put skip list ('The sorted values are:');
put skip edit (A) (f(3));

/* Merges elements of SORTED with elements of TEMP and places */

/* the result in SORTED. */
/* Elements in SORTED and TEMP are in forward order. */
merge: procedure (sorted, temp);
declare (sorted, temp) fixed controlled;
declare work fixed controlled;
declare (j_ok, k_ok) bit (1);

do until ((k_ok | j_ok) = '0'b);

k_ok = allocation(sorted) > 0;
j_ok = allocation(temp) > 0;
if k_ok & j_ok then
do;
if sorted <= temp then
do; allocate work; work = sorted; free sorted; end;
else
do; allocate work; work = temp; free temp; end;
end;
else
if allocation(temp) = 0 then
/* temp is empty; copy remainder of sorted into work */
do while (allocation(sorted) > 0);
allocate work; work = sorted; free sorted;
end;
else
/* sorted is empty; copy remainder of temp onto work */
do while (allocation(temp) > 0);
allocate work; work = temp; free temp;
end;
end;

call move (sorted, work); /* Move the values to SORTED. */

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end merge;

/* Collect a thread of ascending values from aray A, and stack them in temp. */
/* Note: the values in temp are in reverse order. */
fetch: procedure (A, temp);
declare A(*) fixed, temp controlled fixed;
declare i fixed binary;

do i = 1 to hbound(A,1);
if used(i) then
do; allocate temp; temp = A(i); used(i) = '0'b; go to found; end;
end;
found:
do i = i+1 to hbound(A,1);
if (temp <= A(i)) & used(i) then
do; allocate temp; temp = A(i); used(i) = '0'b; end;
end;
end fetch;

/* Copy the stack at TEMP to the stack at SORTED. */

/* In TEMP, elements are in reverse order; */
/* in SORTED, elements are in forward order. */
move: procedure (sorted, temp);
declare (sorted, temp) fixed controlled;

do while (allocation(sorted) > 0); free sorted; end;

do while (allocation (temp) > 0);
allocate sorted; sorted = temp; free temp;
end;
end move;

end strand;

Generated data:

43 5 79 16 90 48 29 73 29 19 77 59 49 2 54 35 39 71 25 76 34 48 31 91 28 13 23 70 27 59 96 7 63 8
81 98 21 47 72 57 45 64 94 51 18 11 65 12 61 97 13 84 95 89 43 8 14 31 58 68 58 39 59 26 72 38 26 8
14 63 97 60 1 17 45 42 62 29 45 15 69 11 29 25 11 48 92 3

Results:

The sorted values are:

1 2 3 5 7 8 11 11 11 11 12 13 13 14 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 23 25 25 26 26 27 28 28 29 29 29 29 2
38 39 39 42 42 43 43 43 45 45 45 47 48 48 48 49 51 54 57 58 58 59 59 59 59 60 61 62 63 63 64 65 68 6
77 79 81 81 82 84 85 89 89 90 90 91 92 94 95 96 96 97 97 98

PureBasic (/wiki/Category:PureBasic)

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Procedure strandSort(List a())

Protected NewList subList()
Protected NewList results()

While ListSize(a()) > 0

ClearList(subList())
AddElement(subList())
FirstElement(a())
subList() = a()
DeleteElement(a())
ForEach a()
If a() >= subList()
AddElement(subList())
subList() = a()
DeleteElement(a())
EndIf
Next

;merge lists
FirstElement(subList())
If Not FirstElement(results())
;copy all of sublist() to results()
MergeLists(subList(), results(), #PB_List_Last)
Else
Repeat
If subList() < results()
InsertElement(results())
results() = subList()
DeleteElement(subList())
If Not NextElement(subList())
Break
EndIf
ElseIf Not NextElement(results())
;add remainder of sublist() to end of results()
MergeLists(subList(), results(), #PB_List_Last)
Break
EndIf
ForEver
EndIf

Wend
CopyList(results(), a())
EndProcedure

Procedure.s listContents(List a())

Protected output.s
PushListPosition(a())
ForEach a()
output + Str(a()) + ","
Next
PopListPosition(a())
ProcedureReturn Left(output, Len(output) - 1)
EndProcedure

Procedure setupList(List a())

ClearList(a())
Protected elementCount, i

elementCount = Random(5) + 10

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For i = 1 To elementCount
AddElement(a())
a() = Random(10) - 5
Next
EndProcedure

If OpenConsole()
NewList sample()
Define i

For i = 1 To 3
setupList(sample())
PrintN("List " + Str(i) + ":")
PrintN(" Before: " + listContents(sample()))
strandSort(sample())
PrintN(" After : " + listContents(sample()))
PrintN("")
Next

Print(#CRLF$ + #CRLF$ + "Press ENTER to exit"): Input()

CloseConsole()
EndIf

Sample output:

List 1:
Before: 3,-2,-4,4,-1,-3,-2,-2,2,2,0
After : -4,-3,-2,-2,-2,-1,0,2,2,3,4

List 2:
Before: -4,4,3,-2,3,-2,5,0,-1,0,5,1
After : -4,-2,-2,-1,0,0,1,3,3,4,5,5

List 3:
Before: -2,0,-2,5,5,3,-1,-3,5,5,0,2,-4,4,2
After : -4,-3,-2,-2,-1,0,0,2,2,3,4,5,5,5,5

Python (/wiki/Category:Python)

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 34/41
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def merge_list(a, b):

out = []
while len(a) and len(b):
if a[0] < b[0]:
out.append(a.pop(0))
else:
out.append(b.pop(0))
out += a
out += b
return out

def strand(a):
i, s = 0, [a.pop(0)]
while i < len(a):
if a[i] > s[-1]:
s.append(a.pop(i))
else:
i += 1
return s

def strand_sort(a):
out = strand(a)
while len(a):
out = merge_list(out, strand(a))
return out

print strand_sort([1, 6, 3, 2, 1, 7, 5, 3])

Output:

[1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 5, 6, 7]

Racket (/wiki/Category:Racket)

#lang racket
(require mzlib/list)
(define (merge xs ys) (merge-sorted-lists xs ys <=))

(define (strand-sort xs)

(let loop ([xs xs] [ys '[]])
(cond [(empty? xs) ys]
[else (define-values (sorted unsorted) (extract-strand xs))
(loop unsorted (merge sorted ys))])))

(define (extract-strand xs)

(for/fold ([strand '()] [unsorted '[]]) ([x xs])
(if (or (empty? strand) (< x (first strand)))
(values (cons x strand) unsorted)
(values strand (cons x unsorted)))))

(strand-sort (build-list 10 (λ(_) (random 15))))

REXX (/wiki/Category:REXX)
https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Strand_sort#Java 35/41
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This REXX program was written to generate a specified amount of random numbers as well as allowing a pre-pended
list of numbers).

It can handle integers, floating point numbers, exponentiated numbers, and/or character strings.

/*REXX program sorts a random list of words (or numbers) using the strand sort algorithm*/
parse arg size minv maxv old /*obtain optional arguments from the CL*/
if size=='' | size=="," then size=20 /*Not specified? Then use the default.*/
if minv=='' | minv=="," then minv= 0 /*Not specified? Then use the default.*/
if maxv=='' | maxv=="," then maxv=size /*Not specified? Then use the default.*/
do i=1 for size /*generate a list of random numbers. */
old=old random(0,maxv-minv)+minv /*append a random number to a list. */
end /*i*/
old=space(old) /*elide extraneous blanks from the list*/
say center('unsorted list', length(old), "─"); say old
new=strand_sort(old) /*sort the list of the random numbers. */
say; say center('sorted list' , length(new), "─"); say new
exit /*stick a fork in it, we're all done. */
/*──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/
strand_sort: procedure; parse arg x; y=
do while words(x)\==0; w=words(x)
do j=1 for w-1 /*anything out of order?*/
if word(x,j)>word(x,j+1) then do; w=j; leave; end
end /*j*/
y=merge(y,subword(x,1,w)); x=subword(x,w+1)
end /*while*/
return y
/*──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/
merge: procedure; parse arg a.1,a.2; p=
do forever; w1=words(a.1); w2=words(a.2) /*do while 2 lists exist*/
if w1==0 | if w2==0 then leave /*Any list empty? Stop.*/
if word(a.1,w1) <= word(a.2,1) then leave /*lists are now sorted? */
if word(a.2,w2) <= word(a.1,1) then return space(p a.2 a.1)
#=1+(word(a.1,1) >= word(a.2,1)); p=p word(a.#,1); a.#=subword(a.#,2)
end /*forever*/
return space(p a.1 a.2)

output   when using the input of:   25 -9 30 1000 2000 3000

────────────────────────────────unsorted list────────────────────────────────
1000 2000 3000 9 0 3 -8 17 8 -2 4 0 -3 19 -1 3 1 8 27 14 20 2 -6 23 1 -8 -4 4

─────────────────────────────────sorted list─────────────────────────────────
-8 -8 -6 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 0 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 8 8 9 14 17 19 20 23 27 1000 2000 3000

The REXX program can also sort words as well as numbers.

output   when using the input of:   24 -9 100 66 66 8.8 carp Carp

──────────────────────────────────────unsorted list───────────────────────────────────────
66 66 8.8 carp Carp 20 77 88 9 39 -5 10 12 80 87 26 61 87 94 73 27 49 35 95 81 76 40 13 72

───────────────────────────────────────sorted list────────────────────────────────────────
-5 8.8 9 10 12 13 20 26 27 35 39 40 49 61 66 66 72 73 76 77 80 81 87 87 88 94 95 Carp carp

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Note that an   ASCII   computer will sort words differently than an   EBCDIC   machine.

The order of sorting on an   ASCII   machine is:   numbers, upperCase, lowerCase

The order of sorting on an EBCDIC machine is:   lowerCase, upperCase, numbers

Ring (/wiki/Category:Ring)

# Project : Sorting algorithms/Strand sort

# Date : 2018/03/04
# Author : Gal Zsolt [~ CalmoSoft ~]
# Email : <calmosoft@gmail.com>

test = [-2,0,-2,5,5,3,-1,-3,5,5,0,2,-4,4,2]
results = []
resultsend = []
see "before sort:" + nl
showarray(test)
test = strandsort(test)
see "after sort:" + nl
showarray(test)

func strandsort(a)
while len(a) > 0
sublist = []
add(sublist,a[1])
del(a,1)
for i = 1 to len(a)
if a[i] > sublist[len(sublist)]
add(sublist,a[i])
del(a,i)
ok
next
for n = 1 to len(sublist)
add(results,sublist[n])
next
for n = 1 to len(results)
for m = n + 1 to len(results)
if results[m] < results[n]
temp = results[m]
results[m] = results[n]
results[n] = temp
ok
next
next
end
return results

func showarray(vect)
svect = ""
for n = 1 to len(vect)
svect = svect + vect[n] + " "
next
svect = left(svect, len(svect) - 1)
see svect + nl

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Output:

before sort:
-2 0 -2 5 5 3 -1 -3 5 5 0 2 -4 4 2
after sort:
-4 -3 -2 -2 -1 0 0 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 5

Ruby (/wiki/Category:Ruby)

class Array
def strandsort
a = dup
result = []
until a.empty?
v = a.first
sublist, a = a.partition{|val| v=val if v<=val} # In case of v>val, it becomes nil.

result.each_index do |idx|
break if sublist.empty?
result.insert(idx, sublist.shift) if sublist.first < result[idx]
end
result += sublist
end
result
end

def strandsort!
replace(strandsort)
end
end

p [1, 6, 3, 2, 1, 7, 5, 3].strandsort

Output:

[1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 5, 6, 7]

Sidef (/wiki/Category:Sidef)
Translation of: Perl

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11/03/2018 Sorting algorithms/Strand sort - Rosetta Code

func merge(x, y) {
var out = [];
while (x && y) {
given (x[-1] <=> y[-1]) {
when ( 1) { out.prepend(x.pop) }
when (-1) { out.prepend(y.pop) }
default { out.prepend(x.pop, y.pop) }
}
}
x + y + out;
}

func strand(x) {
x || return [];
var out = [x.shift];
if (x.len) {
for i in (-x.len .. -1) {
if (x[i] >= out[-1]) {
out.append(x.pop_at(i));
}
}
}
return out;
}

func strand_sort(x) {
var out = [];
while (var strd = strand(x)) {
out = merge(out, strd);
}
return out;
}

var a = 10.of { 100.irand };

say "Before: #{a}";
say "After: #{strand_sort(a)}";

Output:

Before: 24 62 29 95 11 21 46 3 23 20
After: 3 11 20 21 23 24 29 46 62 95

Tcl (/wiki/Category:Tcl)

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proc merge {listVar toMerge} {

upvar 1 $listVar v
set i [set j 0]
set out {}
while {$i<[llength $v] && $j<[llength $toMerge]} {
if {[set a [lindex $v $i]] < [set b [lindex $toMerge $j]]} {
lappend out $a
incr i
} else {
lappend out $b
incr j
}
}
# Done the merge, but will be one source with something left
# This will handle all that by doing a merge of the remnants onto the end
set v [concat $out [lrange $v $i end] [lrange $toMerge $j end]]
return
}

proc strandSort A {
set results {}
while {[llength $A]} {
set sublist [lrange $A 0 0]
# We build a list of items that weren't filtered rather than removing "in place"
# because this fits better with the way Tcl values work (the underlying data
# structure is an array, not a linked list).
set newA {}
foreach a [lrange $A 1 end] {
if {$a > [lindex $sublist end]} {
lappend sublist $a
} else {
lappend newA $a
}
}
set A $newA
merge results $sublist
}
return $results
}

puts [strandSort {3 1 5 4 2}]

Ursala (/wiki/Category:Ursala)
strand_sort "r" = # parameterized by a relational predicate "r"

@NiX -+
:-0 ~&B^?a\~&Y@a "r"?abh/~&alh2faltPrXPRC ~&arh2falrtPXPRC,
~&r->l ^|rlPlCrrPX/~& @hNCNXtX ~&r->lbx "r"?rllPXh/~&llPrhPlrPCXrtPX ~&rhPllPClrPXrtPX+-

demonstration code:

#cast %nL

x = (strand_sort nat-nleq) <3,1,5,4,2>

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output:

<1,2,3,4,5>

zkl (/wiki/Category:Zkl)
fcn strandSort(A){ //--> new list, A is cleared, should add A=A.copy()
sublist:=List.createLong(A.len()); results:=List.createLong(A.len());
while(A){
sublist.clear(A.pop(0));
foreach i in (A.len() - 1){
if(A[i]>sublist[-1]) sublist.append(A.pop(i));
}
results.merge(sublist);
}
results
}

The createLong list method creates a new list with pre-allocated space

strandSort(L(3,1,5,4,2)).println();
strandSort("azbfe".split("")).println();

Output:

L(1,2,3,4,5)
L("a","b","e","f","z")

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