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+-- two implementations of a sort function
+-- this is an example only. Lua has now a built-in function "sort"
+
+-- extracted from Programming Pearls, page 110
+function qsort(x,l,u,f)
+ if l<u then
+ local m=math.random(u-(l-1))+l-1 -- choose a random pivot in range l..u
+ x[l],x[m]=x[m],x[l] -- swap pivot to first position
+ local t=x[l] -- pivot value
+ m=l
+ local i=l+1
+ while i<=u do
+ -- invariant: x[l+1..m] < t <= x[m+1..i-1]
+ if f(x[i],t) then
+ m=m+1
+ x[m],x[i]=x[i],x[m] -- swap x[i] and x[m]
+ end
+ i=i+1
+ end
+ x[l],x[m]=x[m],x[l] -- swap pivot to a valid place
+ -- x[l+1..m-1] < x[m] <= x[m+1..u]
+ qsort(x,l,m-1,f)
+ qsort(x,m+1,u,f)
+ end
+end
+
+function selectionsort(x,n,f)
+ local i=1
+ while i<=n do
+ local m,j=i,i+1
+ while j<=n do
+ if f(x[j],x[m]) then m=j end
+ j=j+1
+ end
+ x[i],x[m]=x[m],x[i] -- swap x[i] and x[m]
+ i=i+1
+ end
+end
+
+function show(m,x)
+ io.write(m,"\n\t")
+ local i=1
+ while x[i] do
+ io.write(x[i])
+ i=i+1
+ if x[i] then io.write(",") end
+ end
+ io.write("\n")
+end
+
+function testsorts(x)
+ local n=1
+ while x[n] do n=n+1 end; n=n-1 -- count elements
+ show("original",x)
+ qsort(x,1,n,function (x,y) return x<y end)
+ show("after quicksort",x)
+ selectionsort(x,n,function (x,y) return x>y end)
+ show("after reverse selection sort",x)
+ qsort(x,1,n,function (x,y) return x<y end)
+ show("after quicksort again",x)
+end
+
+-- array to be sorted
+x={"Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"}
+
+testsorts(x)