TheAlgorithms-Ruby/Sorting/radix_sort.rb

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# This is a pure ruby implementation of the radix sort algorithm
# the function returns collection ordered by ascending
# Example:
# pry(main)> radix_sort([6, 22, 43, 16, 0, 15, 9])
# => [0, 6, 9, 15, 16, 22, 43]
def radix_sort(array, base = 10)
# passes count equals to the number of digits in the longest number
passes = (Math.log(array.minmax.map(&:abs).max) / Math.log(base)).floor + 1
passes.times do |i|
buckets = Array.new(2 * base) { [] }
base_i = base**i
# elements are added to buckets
# according to the current place-value digit
array.each do |j|
n = (j / base_i) % base
n += base if j >= 0
buckets[n] << j
end
array = buckets.flatten
end
array
end