Re: Even-Odd sorting
jason.cipriani@gmail.com wrote:
[...]
class EvenOddValueSorting {
public:
bool operator()(const int i, const int j) const {
bool i_is_even = !(i % 2);
bool j_is_even = !(j % 2);
if (i_is_even == j_is_even) // if parity is same...
return i < j; // ... compare by value only
else
return i_is_even; // ... otherwise even always < odd.
}
};
Alternatively, you can use the predicate you have now for sorting, but
do not use a container that requires value uniqueness. For example,
use a vector with your current predicate:
std::vector<int> v;
v.push_back(10);
v.push_back(7);
v.push_back(5);
v.push_back(18);
v.push_back(3);
std::sort(v.begin(), v.end(), EvenOddSorting());
Doing that with EvenOddSorting will place all the even numbers before
all the odd ones. Doing it with EvenOddValueSorting will sort by
numeric value also. Note that std::sort is not stable; but you can use
std::stable_sort if that is a requirement. See:
http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/table_of_contents.html
Thank you, Jason, for your insights and suggestions. I also appreciated
how simpler your predicate looks compared to mine. Before seeing your
reply, I had further simplified my own version to the following:
bool operator()(const int i, const int j) const {
if (i % 2 == 0 && j % 2 == 0 || i % 2 != 0 && j % 2 != 0) {
return i < j;
} else {
return i % 2 == 0;
}
}
But your version seems a bit easier to follow.
Regards,
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