Arrange student marks using Merge Sort algorithm
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In this Guided Project, you will:
create and use merge sort to arrange integers in ascending order.
2 hours
Intermediate
No download needed
Split-screen video
English
Desktop only
In this project, the learner will use Java programming language to create user-defined methods to recursively and iteratively implement a merge sort algorithm to arrange an array of integers in ascending order, and also sort student marks entered by the user.
Skills you will develop
Merge Sort
Algorithms
Java
jgrasp
Sorting
Learn step-by-step
In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:
Declare two functions for dividing the array
Create an array function and populate the left subarray
Populate the right subarray and recursively split into left and right subarrays
Test the divide function and create a void function to merge
Sort and merge left and right subarrays in merge function
Sort and merge single elements to the left and right subarrays
Test the merge sort algorithm with user-input data
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