merge-k-sorted-arrays
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merges 2 or more sorted arrays efficiently using a priority queue
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merge-k-sorted-arrays
Merges 2 or more sorted arrays efficiently using a priority queue.
See https://algorithms.tutorialhorizon.com/merge-k-sorted-arrays/ for an explanation of the algorithm.
Usage
npm install --save merge-k-sorted-arrays
Pass an array of the arrays to merge as the first argument:
var merge = require('merge-k-sorted-arrays')
merge([
[1, 3, 5, 7],
[2, 4, 6, 8],
[0, 9, 10, 11],
])
// [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
With custom comparator
You may pass an optional custom comparator:
merge(
[
[7, 5, 3, 1],
[8, 6, 4, 2],
[11, 10, 9, 0],
],
{ comparator: (a, b) => b - a }
)
// [11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1]
Merging parallel arrays
Let's say you want to merge arrays of times and their corresponding values.
If you pass the outputMetadata: true
option, merge
will return
[indexOfSourceArray, indexInSourceArray, value]
tuples that you can use to
var times = [
[0, 2, 4, 6],
[1, 3, 5, 7],
]
var values = [
[10, 20, 50, 40],
[80, 70, 30, 60],
]
var merged = merge(times, { outputMetadata: true })
var mergedTimes = merged.map(([a, i, time]) => time)
// [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
var mergedValues = merged.map(([a, i]) => values[a][i])
// [10, 80, 20, 70, 50, 30, 40, 60]
Unique / Dedupe
Passing the unique: true
option will exclude duplicate elements:
merge(
[
[1, 3, 3, 6, 6],
[2, 2, 3, 5],
],
{ unique: true }
)
// [1, 2, 3, 5, 6]
When using unique: true
with outputMetadata: true
, the last occurrence of a value in the
last array containing that value wins:
merge(
[
[1, 3, 3, 6, 6],
[2, 2, 3, 5],
],
{ unique: true, outputMetadata: true }
)
// [
// [0, 0, 1],
// [1, 1, 2],
// [1, 2, 3],
// [1, 3, 5],
// [0, 4, 6],
// ]