quxt/arrays/shellSort.js

Lodash but OVERPOWERED!

function shellSort(items) {
  let interval = 1

  while (interval < items.length / 3) {
    interval = interval * 3 + 1
  }

  while (interval > 0) {
    for (let outer = interval; outer < items.length; outer++) {
      const value = items[outer]
      let inner = outer

      while (inner > interval - 1 && items[inner - interval] >= value) {
        items[inner] = items[inner - interval]
        inner = inner - interval
      }
      items[inner] = value
    }
    interval = (interval - 1) / 3
  }
  return items
}

module.exports = shellSort