In shellSort, we make the array h-sorted for a large value of h. We keep reducing the value of h until it becomes 1. An array is said to be h-sorted if all sublists of every h’th element is sorted.
CPP
| // C++ implementation of Shell Sort #include <iostream> /* function to sort arr using shellSort */voidshellSort(intarr[], intn) {  // Start with a big gap, then reduce the gap  for(intgap = n / 2; gap > 0; gap /= 2) {   // Do a gapped insertion sort for this gap size.   // The first gap elements arr[0..gap-1] are already in gapped order   // keep adding one more element until the entire array is   // gap sorted   for(inti = gap; i < n; i += 1) {    // add arr[i] to the elements that have been gap sorted    // save arr[i] in temp and make a hole at position i    inttemp = arr[i];    // shift earlier gap-sorted elements up until the correct    // location for arr[i] is found    intj;    for(j = i; j >= gap && arr[j - gap] > temp; j -= gap)     arr[j] = arr[j - gap];    // put temp (the original arr[i]) in its correct location    arr[j] = temp;   }  } } voidprintArray(intarr[], intn) {  for(inti = 0; i < n; i++)   std::cout << arr[i] << " ";  std::cout << "\n"; } intmain() {  intarr[] = { 12, 34, 54, 2, 3 };  intn = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);  std::cout << "Array before sorting: \n";  printArray(arr, n);  shellSort(arr, n);  std::cout << "Array after sorting: \n";  printArray(arr, n); }  | 
Array before sorting: 12 34 54 2 3 Array after sorting: 2 3 12 34 54
Time Complexity: O(n2)
Auxiliary Space: O(1)
Please refer complete article on ShellSort for more details!
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