THE ALGORITHM


COUNTING SORT(A,B,k)

1  for i = 1 to k

2      do c[i] = 0

3  for j = 1 to length[A]

4      do C[A[j]] = C[A[j]] + 1

5  >C[i] now contains the number of elements equal to i

6  for i = 2 to k

7      do C[i] = C[i] + C[i-1]

8  >C[i] now contains the number of elements less than or equal to i

9  for j = length[A] downto 1

10      do B[C[A[j]]] = A[j]

11       C[A[j]] = C[A[J]] - 1


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