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== Shell Sort ==
Stats::
:: Worst Case Performance: O(n^2^)
:: Best Case Performance: O(n log n)
:: Created in 1959 by Donald *Shell*
=== Psuedocode ===
{{{
// This is the array to be sorted
gaps = [701, 301, 132, 57, 23, 10, 4, 1]
// Start with the largest gap and work down to a gap of 1
foreach(gap in gaps) {
// Do a gapped insertion sort for this gap size.
// The first gap elements a[0..gap-1] are already in gapped order
// keep adding one more element until the entire array is gap sorted
for(i = gap; i < n; i += 1) {
// Add gaps[i] to the elements that have been gap sorted
// save gaps[i] in temp and make a hole at position i
temp = gaps[i]
// Shift earlier gap-sorted elements up until the correct location for gaps[i] is found
for(j = i; j >= gap and gaps[j - gap] > temp; j -= gap) {
gaps[j] = gaps[j - gap]
}
// Put temp (the original gaps[i]) in its correct location
gaps[j] = temp
}
}
}}}
=== Additional Info ===
Wikipedia Article: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_sort]