# Module algorithm

This module implements some common generic algorithms.

# Types

    TSortOrder* = enum
      Descending, Ascending

  sort order

# Procs

    proc `*`*(x: int; order: TSortOrder): int {.inline.}

  flips x if `order == Descending`; if `order == Ascending` then x is returned. x is supposed to be the result of a comparator, ie `< 0` for less than, `== 0` for equal, `> 0` for greater than.

    proc reverse*[T](a: var openArray[T]; first, last: int)

  reverses the array `a[first..last]`.

    proc reverse*[T](a: var openArray[T])

  reverses the array a.

    proc binarySearch*[T](a: openarray[T]; key: T): int

  binary search for key in a. Returns -1 if not found.

    proc smartBinarySearch*[T](a: openArray[T]; key: T): int

  `a.len` must be a power of 2 for this to work.

    proc sort*[T](a: var openArray[T]; cmp: proc (x, y: T): int {.closure.};
                  order = TSortOrder.Ascending)

  Default Nimrod sort. The sorting is guaranteed to be stable and the worst case is guaranteed to be O(n log n). The current implementation uses an iterative mergesort to achieve this. It uses a temporary sequence of length `a.len div 2`. Currently Nimrod does not support a sensible default argument for `cmp`, so you have to provide one of your own. However, the `system.cmp` procs can be used:

      sort(myIntArray, system.cmp[int])

      # do not use cmp[string] here as we want to use the specialized
      # overload:
      sort(myStrArray, system.cmp)

Generated: 2012-09-23 21:47:54 UTC