azersd / ksort-push_swap

push_swap is a sorting algorithm based on sorting two stacks with the least amount of moves.

push_swap

push_swap is a sorting algorithm based on sorting two stacks with the least amount of moves. The allowed moves are:

• sa (swap a): Swap the first 2 elements at the top of stack a.
• sb (swap b): Swap the first 2 elements at the top of stack b.
• ss : sa and sb at the same time.
• pa (push a): Take the first element at the top of b and put it at the top of a.
• pb (push b): Take the first element at the top of a and put it at the top of b.
• ra (rotate a): Shift up all elements of stack a by 1. First becomes last.
• rb (rotate b): Shift up all elements of stack b by 1. First becomes last.
• rr : ra and rb at the same time.
• rra (reverse rotate a): Shift down all elements of stack a by 1. Last becomes first.
• rrb (reverse rotate b): Shift down all elements of stack b by 1. Last becomes first.
• rrr : rra and rrb at the same time.

By using these moves, the goal is to sort the numbers in stack A in ascending order, using stack B as a temporary storage.

This algorithm is considered to be one of the simplest sorting algorithm, but it can be quite hard to optimize it and sort a large amount of numbers with a low amount of moves.

The Algorithm:

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