Bucket Sort in C\C++ (Algorithm, Pseudocode and output)

 

Whenever we need to arrange data in a specific order how you sort the data provided is of thee utmost importance. However in C,C++ we use many different types of Sorting Techniques to do this job and today we are going to understand one of the popular sorting techniques i.e " Bucket Sort ".

So let's get started...

Bucket sort also known as bin sort is an algorithm which works by distributing the elements of an array into a number of buckets where each bucket is then sorted individually, either using a different sorting algorithm or by recursively applying the bucket sorting algorithm. It is can also be implemented with comparisons and therefore can also be considered more of a comparison sort algorithm rather while compared with other Sorting Techniques like Merge Sort , Shell Sort , Insertion Sort , Quick Sort , Bubble Sort and Selection Sort which we have already discussed earlier.Bucket sort is mainly useful when input is uniformly distributed over a range.

                          

Illustration :

Bucket sort works as follows:

1. Set up an array of initially empty "buckets".

2. Scatter: Go over the original array, putting each object in its bucket. 

 

3. Sort each non-empty bucket.

4. Gather: Visit the buckets in order and put all elements back into the original array.

Pseudocode

function bucketSort(array, k) is
    buckets ← new array of k empty lists
    M ← the maximum key value in the array
    for i = 1 to length(array) do
        insert array[i] into buckets[floor(k × array[i] / M)]
    for i = 1 to k do
        nextSort(buckets[i])
    return the concatenation of buckets[1], ...., buckets[k]

Algorithm

bucketSort()
  create N buckets each of which can hold a range of values
  for all the buckets
    initialize each bucket with 0 values
  for all the buckets
    put elements into buckets matching the range
  for all the buckets 
    sort elements in each bucket
  gather elements from each bucket
end bucketSort

Complexity

Time Complexity

Worst Case Complexity: O(n2)

When there are elements of close range in the array, they are likely to be placed in the same bucket. This may result in some buckets having more number of elements than others.It makes the complexity depend on the sorting algorithm used to sort the elements of the bucket.The complexity becomes even worse when the elements are in reverse order. If insertion sort is used to sort elements of the bucket, then the time complexity becomes O(n2).

Best Case Complexity: O(n+k)

It occurs when the elements are uniformly distributed in the buckets with a nearly equal number of elements in each bucket.The complexity becomes even better if the elements inside the buckets are already sorted.If insertion sort is used to sort elements of a bucket then the overall complexity in the best case will be linear ie. O(n+k). O(n) is the complexity for making the buckets and O(k) is the complexity for sorting the elements of the bucket using algorithms having linear time complexity at the best case. 

Average Case Complexity: O(n)

It occurs when the elements are distributed randomly in the array. Even if the elements are not distributed uniformly, bucket sort runs in linear time. It holds true until the sum of the squares of the bucket sizes is linear in the total number of elements.

Space Complexity

Worst Case Complexity: 

O(n+k) auxilary

Programme

Below you will find program for bucket sort in both C and C++ programming languages with their outputs respectively.

Programme in C

// Bucket sort in C

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#define NARRAY 7   // Array size
#define NBUCKET 6  // Number of buckets
#define INTERVAL 10  // Each bucket capacity

struct Node {
  int data;
  struct Node *next;
};

void BucketSort(int arr[]);
struct Node *InsertionSort(struct Node *list);
void print(int arr[]);
void printBuckets(struct Node *list);
int getBucketIndex(int value);

// Sorting function
void BucketSort(int arr[]) {
  int i, j;
  struct Node **buckets;

  // Create buckets and allocate memory size
  buckets = (struct Node **)malloc(sizeof(struct Node *) * NBUCKET);

  // Initialize empty buckets
  for (i = 0; i < NBUCKET; ++i) {
    buckets[i] = NULL;
  }

  // Fill the buckets with respective elements
  for (i = 0; i < NARRAY; ++i) {
    struct Node *current;
    int pos = getBucketIndex(arr[i]);
    current = (struct Node *)malloc(sizeof(struct Node));
    current->data = arr[i];
    current->next = buckets[pos];
    buckets[pos] = current;
  }

  // Print the buckets along with their elements
  for (i = 0; i < NBUCKET; i++) {
    printf("Bucket[%d]: ", i);
    printBuckets(buckets[i]);
    printf("\n");
  }

  // Sort the elements of each bucket
  for (i = 0; i < NBUCKET; ++i) {
    buckets[i] = InsertionSort(buckets[i]);
  }

  printf("-------------\n");
  printf("Bucktets after sorting\n");
  for (i = 0; i < NBUCKET; i++) {
    printf("Bucket[%d]: ", i);
    printBuckets(buckets[i]);
    printf("\n");
  }

  // Put sorted elements on arr
  for (j = 0, i = 0; i < NBUCKET; ++i) {
    struct Node *node;
    node = buckets[i];
    while (node) {
      arr[j++] = node->data;
      node = node->next;
    }
  }

  return;
}

// Function to sort the elements of each bucket
struct Node *InsertionSort(struct Node *list) {
  struct Node *k, *nodeList;
  if (list == 0 || list->next == 0) {
    return list;
  }

  nodeList = list;
  k = list->next;
  nodeList->next = 0;
  while (k != 0) {
    struct Node *ptr;
    if (nodeList->data > k->data) {
      struct Node *tmp;
      tmp = k;
      k = k->next;
      tmp->next = nodeList;
      nodeList = tmp;
      continue;
    }

    for (ptr = nodeList; ptr->next != 0; ptr = ptr->next) {
      if (ptr->next->data > k->data)
        break;
    }

    if (ptr->next != 0) {
      struct Node *tmp;
      tmp = k;
      k = k->next;
      tmp->next = ptr->next;
      ptr->next = tmp;
      continue;
    } else {
      ptr->next = k;
      k = k->next;
      ptr->next->next = 0;
      continue;
    }
  }
  return nodeList;
}

int getBucketIndex(int value) {
  return value / INTERVAL;
}

void print(int ar[]) {
  int i;
  for (i = 0; i < NARRAY; ++i) {
    printf("%d ", ar[i]);
  }
  printf("\n");
}

// Print buckets
void printBuckets(struct Node *list) {
  struct Node *cur = list;
  while (cur) {
    printf("%d ", cur->data);
    cur = cur->next;
  }
}

// Driver code
int main(void) {
  int array[NARRAY] = {42, 32, 33, 52, 37, 47, 51};

  printf("Initial array: ");
  print(array);
  printf("-------------\n");

  BucketSort(array);
  printf("-------------\n");
  printf("Sorted array: ");
  print(array);
  return 0;
}

 

Output :

Initial array: 42 32 33 52 37 47 51 
-------------
Bucket[0]: 
Bucket[1]: 
Bucket[2]: 
Bucket[3]: 37 33 32 
Bucket[4]: 47 42 
Bucket[5]: 51 52 
-------------
Bucktets after sorting
Bucket[0]: 
Bucket[1]: 
Bucket[2]: 
Bucket[3]: 32 33 37 
Bucket[4]: 42 47 
Bucket[5]: 51 52 
-------------
Sorted array: 32 33 37 42 47 51 52

Programme in C++

// Bucket sort in C++

#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

#define NARRAY 7   // Array size
#define NBUCKET 6  // Number of buckets
#define INTERVAL 10  // Each bucket capacity

struct Node {
  int data;
  struct Node *next;
};

void BucketSort(int arr[]);
struct Node *InsertionSort(struct Node *list);
void print(int arr[]);
void printBuckets(struct Node *list);
int getBucketIndex(int value);

// Sorting function
void BucketSort(int arr[]) {
  int i, j;
  struct Node **buckets;

  // Create buckets and allocate memory size
  buckets = (struct Node **)malloc(sizeof(struct Node *) * NBUCKET);

  // Initialize empty buckets
  for (i = 0; i < NBUCKET; ++i) {
    buckets[i] = NULL;
  }

  // Fill the buckets with respective elements
  for (i = 0; i < NARRAY; ++i) {
    struct Node *current;
    int pos = getBucketIndex(arr[i]);
    current = (struct Node *)malloc(sizeof(struct Node));
    current->data = arr[i];
    current->next = buckets[pos];
    buckets[pos] = current;
  }

  // Print the buckets along with their elements
  for (i = 0; i < NBUCKET; i++) {
    cout << "Bucket[" << i << "] : ";
    printBuckets(buckets[i]);
    cout << endl;
  }

  // Sort the elements of each bucket
  for (i = 0; i < NBUCKET; ++i) {
    buckets[i] = InsertionSort(buckets[i]);
  }

  cout << "-------------" << endl;
  cout << "Bucktets after sorted" << endl;
  for (i = 0; i < NBUCKET; i++) {
    cout << "Bucket[" << i << "] : ";
    printBuckets(buckets[i]);
    cout << endl;
  }

  // Put sorted elements on arr
  for (j = 0, i = 0; i < NBUCKET; ++i) {
    struct Node *node;
    node = buckets[i];
    while (node) {
      arr[j++] = node->data;
      node = node->next;
    }
  }

  for (i = 0; i < NBUCKET; ++i) {
    struct Node *node;
    node = buckets[i];
    while (node) {
      struct Node *tmp;
      tmp = node;
      node = node->next;
      free(tmp);
    }
  }
  free(buckets);
  return;
}

// Function to sort the elements of each bucket
struct Node *InsertionSort(struct Node *list) {
  struct Node *k, *nodeList;
  if (list == 0 || list->next == 0) {
    return list;
  }

  nodeList = list;
  k = list->next;
  nodeList->next = 0;
  while (k != 0) {
    struct Node *ptr;
    if (nodeList->data > k->data) {
      struct Node *tmp;
      tmp = k;
      k = k->next;
      tmp->next = nodeList;
      nodeList = tmp;
      continue;
    }

    for (ptr = nodeList; ptr->next != 0; ptr = ptr->next) {
      if (ptr->next->data > k->data)
        break;
    }

    if (ptr->next != 0) {
      struct Node *tmp;
      tmp = k;
      k = k->next;
      tmp->next = ptr->next;
      ptr->next = tmp;
      continue;
    } else {
      ptr->next = k;
      k = k->next;
      ptr->next->next = 0;
      continue;
    }
  }
  return nodeList;
}

int getBucketIndex(int value) {
  return value / INTERVAL;
}

// Print buckets
void print(int ar[]) {
  int i;
  for (i = 0; i < NARRAY; ++i) {
    cout << setw(3) << ar[i];
  }
  cout << endl;
}

void printBuckets(struct Node *list) {
  struct Node *cur = list;
  while (cur) {
    cout << setw(3) << cur->data;
    cur = cur->next;
  }
}

// Driver code
int main(void) {
  int array[NARRAY] = {42, 32, 33, 52, 37, 47, 51};

  cout << "Initial array: " << endl;
  print(array);
  cout << "-------------" << endl;

  BucketSort(array);
  cout << "-------------" << endl;
  cout << "Sorted array: " << endl;
  print(array);
}

Output :

Initial array: 
 42 32 33 52 37 47 51
-------------
Bucket[0] : 
Bucket[1] : 
Bucket[2] : 
Bucket[3] :  37 33 32
Bucket[4] :  47 42
Bucket[5] :  51 52
-------------
Bucktets after sorted
Bucket[0] : 
Bucket[1] : 
Bucket[2] : 
Bucket[3] :  32 33 37
Bucket[4] :  42 47
Bucket[5] :  51 52
-------------
Sorted array: 
 32 33 37 42 47 51 52

References:

•  Programiz
• Geeksforgeeks
• wikipedia
• Tutorialspoint

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