[OT] stable algorithm with complexity O(n)

[Arnaud Delobelle]

"David Hláčik" <david at hlacik.eu> writes:

> Hi guys,
>
> i am really sorry for making offtopic, hope you will not kill me, but
> this is for me life important problem which needs to be solved within
> next 12 hours..
>
> I have to create stable algorithm for sorting n numbers from interval
> [1,n^2] with time complexity O(n) .
>
> Can someone please give me a hint. Would be very very thankful!
>
> Thanks in advance!
> D.

I don't have an algorithm but I have an implementation :)

def sort2(numbers):
    "sort n positive integers in O(n) provided that they are all < n^2"
    N = len(numbers)
    units = [[] for i in xrange(N)]
    tens = [[] for i in xrange(N)]
    for n in numbers:
        units[n % N].append(n)
    for l in units:
        for n in l:
            tens[n / N].append(n)
    return [n for l in tens for n in l]

-- 
Arnaud