Radix Sort Algorithm - The Coding Shala

Last Updated: 27-Jan-2021
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 In this post, we will learn what is Radix Sort Algorithm and how to implement Radix Sort in Java.

Radix Sort Algorithm

As we know sorting algorithms like Merge sort, Quicksort, etc is works in O(N log N) time. They can not do better than NlogN. We have another option as Counting sort that works in a linear time O(n+k) but the limitation in the range is there.

We use the Radix sort algorithm when we have elements in the range from 1 to n^2. In the Radix sort algorithm, we do digit by digit sort starting from least significant digit(leftmost) to most significant digit(rightmost). We use counting sort to sort the digits because the range of these digits is less in the range of 0 to 9.

Working of Radix Sort Algorithm

Radix sort works by sorting the input numbers one digit at a time. let's take an example:

input array->  { 127,  324, 173,  4,  38,  217,  134}

First, we will sort the array based on the one's place. We will use the counting sort algorithm since the digits can only take on a small number of values from 0 to 9(in decimals) or 0-1(in binary format).

Here is what the array looks like after the one's place sorting:

   after sorting-> { 173,  324,  4,  134,  127,  217,  38 }

Another reason for using counting sort here is counting sort algorithm is comes in a stable sorting algorithm. A stable sorting algorithm is if two values are the same in the array then they come in the same order after sorting the array.

Now, we will sort the array on the ten's place:

array->            { 173,  324,  04,  134,  127,  217,  38 }
after sorting-> { 04,  217,  324,  127,  134,  38,  173 }

And finally we will sort on the hundred's place:

array->     { 004,  217,  324,  127,  134,  038,  173 }
after sorting->  { 004,  038,  127,  134,  173,  217,  324 }

and we are done. Our final sorted array looks like this:
{ 4, 38, 127, 134, 173, 217, 324}

Before we start our Radix sort we will find the max number in the array to we'll know the max numbers of digits.

Time Complexity of Radix Sort Algorithm

The Radix sort algorithm takes O( d*(n+k)) time and O(n+k) space. Here n is the number of the items to sort, k is the number of values each digit can have and d is the number of digits in each item.

In Radix sort, we use counting sort that takes O(n+k) time and space and we do it for every digit of the item so Radix sort takes O(d*(n+k)) time.

So we can say that the radix sort algorithm works on O(n) time.

Radix Sort Algorithm Java Program

Here is how we code it in Java.

Java Program: 

//counting sort
//the coding shala

class Main{
	
	public static void counting_sort(int[] input, int exp) {
		int len = input.length;
		//range is 0 to 9(inclusive)
		int[] output = new int[len];
		int[] counts = new int[10];
		
		//step 1 count the numbers of element
		for(int i=0;i<len;i++) {
			int last_digit = (input[i]/exp)%10;
			counts[last_digit]++;
		}
		
		//modify the count array to get index to sort the array
		for(int i=1; i<counts.length; i++) {
			counts[i] += counts[i-1];
		}
		
		//now take the index from counts array 
		//insert at index in output array
		//decrease the value by 1 in counts array
		// To make it stable we are operating in reverse order.
		for(int i=len-1; i>=0; i--) {
			int ele = input[i];
			int last_digit = (ele/exp)%10;
			int index = counts[last_digit];
			output[index-1] = ele;
			counts[last_digit]--;
		}
		
		//insert back to original array
		for(int i=0; i<len;i++) {
			input[i] = output[i];
		}
	}
	
	public static void radix_sort(int[] input) {
		//first find out the max number
		int max = input[0];
		for(int i=1; i<input.length; i++) {
			if(input[i]>max) max = input[i];
		}
		
		//now we will sort array based on each digits
		for(int exp = 1; max/exp > 0; exp = exp*10) {
			counting_sort(input, exp);
		}
	}
	
	
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		int[] input = { 127,  324, 173,  4,  38,  217,  134};
		int len = input.length;
		radix_sort(input);
		for(int i=0;i<len;i++) {
			System.out.print(input[i]+" ");
		}
	}
}


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