TheAlgorithms-Ruby/sorting/cocktail_sort.rb

def cocktail_sort(array)
  start = 0
  finish = array.length - 1
  way = 1
  loop do
    swapped = false
    start.step(finish - way, way) do |i|
      if (array[i] <=> array[i + way]) == way
        array[i], array[i + way] = array[i + way], array[i]
        swapped = i
      end
    end
    break unless swapped

    finish = start
    start = swapped
    way = -way
  end
  array
end

if $0 == __FILE__
  puts 'Enter a list of numbers separated by space'

  list = gets.split.map(&:to_i)
  p cocktail_sort(list)
end