PHP Searching and Sorting Algorithm: Radix sort
PHP Searching and Sorting Algorithm: Exercise-12 with Solution
Write a PHP program to sort a list of elements using Radix sort.
Sample Solution :
PHP Code :
<?php
function radix_sort($elements) {
// Array for 10 queues.
$queues = array(
array(), array(), array(), array(), array(), array(), array(), array(),
array(), array()
);
// Queues are allocated dynamically. In first iteration longest digits
// element also determined.
$longest = 0;
foreach ($elements as $el) {
if ($el > $longest) {
$longest = $el;
}
array_push($queues[$el % 10], $el);
}
// Queues are dequeued back into original elements.
$i = 0;
foreach ($queues as $key => $q) {
while (!empty($queues[$key])) {
$elements[$i++] = array_shift($queues[$key]);
}
}
// Remaining iterations are determined based on longest digits element.
$it = strlen($longest) - 1;
$d = 10;
while ($it--) {
foreach ($elements as $el) {
array_push($queues[floor($el/$d) % 10], $el);
}
$i = 0;
foreach ($queues as $key => $q) {
while (!empty($queues[$key])) {
$elements[$i++] = array_shift($queues[$key]);
}
}
$d *= 10;
}
}
// Example usage:
$a = array(170, 45, 75, 90, 802, 24, 2, 66);
print_r($a);
radix_sort($a);
print_r($a);
?>
Sample Output:
Array ( [0] => 170 [1] => 45 [2] => 75 [3] => 90 [4] => 802 [5] => 24 [6] => 2 [7] => 66 ) Array ( [0] => 170 [1] => 45 [2] => 75 [3] => 90 [4] => 802 [5] => 24 [6] => 2 [7] => 66 )
Flowchart :

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