948. Sort an Array

Medium
Array
Divide and Conquer
Sorting
Heap (Priority Queue)
Merge Sort
Bucket Sort
Radix Sort
Counting Sort

Description

Given an array of integers nums, sort the array in ascending order and return it.

You must solve the problem without using any built-in functions in O(nlog(n)) time complexity and with the smallest space complexity possible.

 

Example 1:

Input: nums = [5,2,3,1]
Output: [1,2,3,5]
Explanation: After sorting the array, the positions of some numbers are not changed (for example, 2 and 3), while the positions of other numbers are changed (for example, 1 and 5).

Example 2:

Input: nums = [5,1,1,2,0,0]
Output: [0,0,1,1,2,5]
Explanation: Note that the values of nums are not necessarily unique.

 

Constraints:

  • 1 <= nums.length <= 5 * 104
  • -5 * 104 <= nums[i] <= 5 * 104

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