每个浏览器对递归都有调用栈上限的问题,且如果不小心使用也很容易造成死循环导致程序崩溃。如果考虑到性能问题,可以使用迭代来代替递归,因为运行循环总比反复调用函数的开销少很多
/*
迭代方式,不使用递归,可以避免出现栈溢出问题
*/
function iteration(items) {
if (items.length == 1) {
return items;
}
var work = [];
// 将items成员全部转化成数组,保存到数组中
for (var i = 0, len = items.length; i < len; i++) {
work.push([items[i]]);
}
work.push([]); // 数组长度为奇数时
// 迭代
for (var lim = len; lim > 1; lim = (lim + 1) / 2) {
for (var j = 0, k = 0; k < lim; j++, k+=2) {
work[j] = myMerge(work[k], work[k + 1]);
}
work[j] = []; // 数组长度为奇数时
}
return work[0];
}
/* 迭代过程分析
假设: var test = [1, 3, 9, 7, 4, 8, 6, 5, 0, 2]; // len == 10
work = [[1], [3], [9], [7], [4], [8], [6], [5], [0], [2], []]; // len == 11;
// 迭代(二分法)
a) lim: 11 > 1
1) k = 0, work[0] = myMerge([1], [3]) ==> work[0] = [1, 3]
2) k = 2, work[1] = myMerge([9], [7]) ==> work[1] = [7, 9]
3) k = 4, work[2] = myMerge([4], [8]) ==> work[2] = [4, 8]
4) k = 6, work[3] = myMerge([6], [5]) ==> work[3] = [5, 6]
5) k = 8, work[4] = myMerge([0], [2]) ==> work[4] = [0, 2]
> 在后面添加个空数组是为了数组长度为奇数时的情况,能有个对象做比较,否则会出现越界错误
b) lim: 6 > 1, work = [[1,3], [7,9], [4,8], [5,6], [0,2], []];
1) k = 0, work[0] = myMerge([1,3], [7,9]) ==> work[0] = [1, 3, 7, 9]
2) k = 2, work[1] = myMerge([4,8], [5,6]) ==> work[1] = [4, 5, 6, 8]
3) k = 4, work[2] = myMerge([0,2], []) ==> work[2] = [0,2]
> 最后一个[]会被myMerge函数给合并,所以不用担心添加的空数组对后续产生影响
c) lim: 3 > 1, work = [[1, 3, 7, 9], [4, 5, 6, 8], [0, 2], []];
1) k = 0, work[0] = myMerge([1, 3, 7, 9], [4, 5, 6, 8]) ==> work[0] = [1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]
2) k = 2, work[1] = myMerge([0, 2], []) ==> work[1] = [0, 2]
d) lim: 2, work = [[1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9], [0,2], []];
1) k = 0, work[0] = myMerge([1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9], [0,2]) ==> work[0] = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]
> 至此排序整个过程全部完成
// 关键点
a) 将数组中的每个元素数组化,以便后续存放已经排好序的元素
b) k的取值,k+=2, 每次取两个数组进行比较,形成一个新的数组
c) 一定要在比较完之后附加空数组,否则会在数组个数为奇数个的时候出现访问越界错误
d) 最外层循环的lim的取值, lim = (lim + 1) / 2即原数组长度的一半,作为内循环终止的条件
*/