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m01cbf (intvec_​sort)

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1 Purpose

m01cbf rearranges a vector of integer numbers into ascending or descending order.

2 Specification

Fortran Interface
Subroutine m01cbf ( iv, m1, m2, order, ifail)
Integer, Intent (In) :: m1, m2
Integer, Intent (Inout) :: iv(m2), ifail
Character (1), Intent (In) :: order
C Header Interface
#include <nag.h>
void  m01cbf_ (Integer iv[], const Integer *m1, const Integer *m2, const char *order, Integer *ifail, const Charlen length_order)
The routine may be called by the names m01cbf or nagf_sort_intvec_sort.

3 Description

m01cbf is based on Singleton's implementation of the ‘median-of-three’ Quicksort algorithm (see Singleton (1969)), but with two additional modifications. First, small subfiles are sorted by an insertion sort on a separate final pass (see Sedgewick (1978)) Second, if a subfile is partitioned into two very unbalanced subfiles, the larger of them is flagged for special treatment: before it is partitioned, its end points are swapped with two random points within it; this makes the worst case behaviour extremely unlikely.

4 References

Sedgewick R (1978) Implementing Quicksort programs Comm. ACM 21 847–857
Singleton R C (1969) An efficient algorithm for sorting with minimal storage: Algorithm 347 Comm. ACM 12 185–187

5 Arguments

1: iv(m2) Integer array Input/Output
On entry: elements m1 to m2 of iv must contain integer values to be sorted.
On exit: these values are rearranged into sorted order.
2: m1 Integer Input
On entry: the index of the first element of iv to be sorted.
Constraint: m1>0.
3: m2 Integer Input
On entry: the index of the last element of iv to be sorted.
Constraint: m2m1.
4: order Character(1) Input
On entry: if order='A', the values will be sorted into ascending (i.e., nondecreasing) order.
If order='D', into descending order.
Constraint: order='A' or 'D'.
5: ifail Integer Input/Output
On entry: ifail must be set to 0, −1 or 1 to set behaviour on detection of an error; these values have no effect when no error is detected.
A value of 0 causes the printing of an error message and program execution will be halted; otherwise program execution continues. A value of −1 means that an error message is printed while a value of 1 means that it is not.
If halting is not appropriate, the value −1 or 1 is recommended. If message printing is undesirable, then the value 1 is recommended. Otherwise, the value 0 is recommended. When the value -1 or 1 is used it is essential to test the value of ifail on exit.
On exit: ifail=0 unless the routine detects an error or a warning has been flagged (see Section 6).

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

If on entry ifail=0 or −1, explanatory error messages are output on the current error message unit (as defined by x04aaf).
Errors or warnings detected by the routine:
ifail=1
On entry, m1=value.
Constraint: m11.
On entry, m1=value and m2=value.
Constraint: m1m2.
On entry, m2=value.
Constraint: m21.
ifail=2
On entry, order has an illegal value: order=value.
ifail=-99
An unexpected error has been triggered by this routine. Please contact NAG.
See Section 7 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.
ifail=-399
Your licence key may have expired or may not have been installed correctly.
See Section 8 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.
ifail=-999
Dynamic memory allocation failed.
See Section 9 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.

7 Accuracy

Not applicable.

8 Parallelism and Performance

Background information to multithreading can be found in the Multithreading documentation.
m01cbf is threaded by NAG for parallel execution in multithreaded implementations of the NAG Library.
Please consult the X06 Chapter Introduction for information on how to control and interrogate the OpenMP environment used within this routine. Please also consult the Users' Note for your implementation for any additional implementation-specific information.

9 Further Comments

The average time taken by the routine is approximately proportional to n×log(n), where n=m2-m1+1. The worst case time is proportional to n2 but this is extremely unlikely to occur.

10 Example

This example reads a list of integers and sorts them into descending order.

10.1 Program Text

Program Text (m01cbfe.f90)

10.2 Program Data

Program Data (m01cbfe.d)

10.3 Program Results

Program Results (m01cbfe.r)