Program to implement Bucket Sort in JavaScript


The Bucket Sort works by splitting the array of size n into k buckets which holds a specific range of element values.

Then, these buckets are then sorted using a sorting algorithm which can be chosen based on the expected input size.

We can describe this algorithm as follows −

Algorithm:

Create the initial bucketSort function
Create variables for i, min, max, and bucket size
Find min and max value
Create amount of buckets
Push values to correct buckets
Sort buckets

Example

The code for this will be −

const arr = [32, 6, 34, 4, 78, 1, 6767, 4, 65, 34, 879, 7];
const bucketSort = arr => {
   if (arr.length === 0) {
      return arr;
   }
   let i,
   minValue = arr[0],
   maxValue = arr[0],
   bucketSize = 5;
   arr.forEach(function (currentVal) {
      if (currentVal < minValue) {
         minValue = currentVal;
      } else if (currentVal > maxValue) {
         maxValue = currentVal;
      }
   })
   let bucketCount = Math.floor((maxValue - minValue) / bucketSize) + 1;
   let allBuckets = new Array(bucketCount);
   for (i = 0; i < allBuckets.length; i++) {
      allBuckets[i] = [];
   }
   arr.forEach(function (currentVal) {
      allBuckets[Math.floor((currentVal - minValue) / bucketSize)].push(currentVal);
   });
   arr.length = 0;
   allBuckets.forEach(function(bucket) {
      insertion(bucket);
      bucket.forEach(function (element) {
         arr.push(element)
      });
   });
   return arr;
}
const insertion = arr => {
   let length = arr.length;
   let i, j;
   for(i = 1; i < length; i++) {
      let temp = arr[i];
      for(j = i - 1; j >= 0 && arr[j] > temp; j--) {
         arr[j+1] = arr[j];
      }
      arr[j+1] = temp;
   }
   return arr;
};
console.log(bucketSort(arr));

Output

The output in the console −

[
   1, 4, 4, 6,
   7, 32, 34, 34,
   65, 78, 879, 6767
]

Updated on: 15-Oct-2020

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