CS 112b
Spring 2002
Ileana Streinu

• Finish selection Sort with templates, from lecture 6.
• Functions as parameters.
• The program with three diffrent sorting functions, for three different data types, that we wrote in class.
• The modified program that now uses a templated sorting function, applied for three different data types, that we wrote in class.

1. For reference, Sorting algorithms, applets from Dominique's web page. Compare Insertion and Selection Sort. Also look at the applets available from the class web page.

   Next time

   • Insertion Sort.
     
     Input: an array A of integers, of size n
     
     Output: in the same array A, the numbers in increasing order.
     
     Algorithm:
     The algorithm works in n-1 iterations by scanning the array from left to right. At iteration i, the ith element is considered and inserted in the part of the array that has already been sorted (from 1 to i-1). For this, the algorithm first searches the array from 1 through i-1 to find where the ith element would fit, then shifts to the right those elements larger than it to make room for its insertion in the array.
     
     
   • Developing the program by stepwise refinement. We will develop the program in stages, by stepwise refinement, first on paper, as pseudo-code, then implement it. The pseudo-code development should roughly follow the same structure as the one I gave you for Selection Sort, starting with a general description in English, then refining it to include functions. All parameters to the functions should be clearly identified as IN, OUT or IN/OUT. The handwritten notes should be legible: hard to read submissions will be downgraded.
     In the stepwise refinement of your program for insertion sort, you should have separate functions for searching and for shifting, invoked when inserting the current element. The main program should be similar to the one I designed in class for Selection Sort: reads the input, sorts, then prints the result.
   • Insertion sort with simple templates: modify the program we just wrote for insertion sort on integer arrays (a model will be posted here), to sort both an array of characters and an array of integers. Use templates.
   • Insertion sort with templates and functions passed as parameters: modify the templated program we just wrote for insertion sort to sort, in addition, an array of CustRec's by id and by balance.