我正在努力思考以下 C++ 中合并排序的递归实现
让我明白的是,由于向量是通过引用传递的,并且 vec.clear() 被调用,即使在一些合并完成之后,它怎么不会消除向量。例如,当基数被命中时,该函数返回堆栈的顶部帧并继续向下堆栈。但是,该函数需要多次合并,并且在每次合并之前清除向量,我认为这意味着内存中的空间(因为它是通过引用传递)被清除并且我们丢失了已经合并的内容?如果这个方法是按值传递的,我可以理解它是如何工作的,但是这是通过引用传递的,所以我很困惑。
void merge(vector<int> &final, vector<int> &left, vector<int> &right) {
while (left.size() > 0 || right.size() > 0) {
if (right.size() == 0) {
final.push_back(left.at(0));
left.erase(remove(left.begin(), left.end(), left.at(0)), left.end());
}
else if (left.size() == 0) {
final.push_back(right.at(0));
right.erase(remove(right.begin(), right.end(), right.at(0)), right.end());
} else if (left.at(0) <= right.at(0)) {
final.push_back(left.at(0));
left.erase(remove(left.begin(), left.end(), left.at(0)), left.end());
} else if (right.at(0) < left.at(0)) {
final.push_back(right.at(0));
right.erase(remove(right.begin(), right.end(), right.at(0)), right.end());
}
}
}
void sort(vector<int> &vec) {
int n = vec.size();
// BASE CASE
if (n <= 1) {
return;
}
// GENERAL CASE / RECURSIVE CASE
vector<int> leftVec;
vector<int> rightVec;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
if (i < n / 2) {
leftVec.push_back(vec.at(i));
} else {
rightVec.push_back(vec.at(i));
}
}
sort(leftVec);
sort(rightVec);
vec.clear();
merge(vec, leftVec, rightVec);
}