import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Scanner; /** * Solves Problem 19.b of Homework 1. Quoting from the homework: *
* Creates a triangle-shaped sorting network (as discussed in
* class, using a right-pointing triangle) of a given size. The
* program reads a single integer n on standard input, ignoring all
* whitespace. The output is the canonical linear representation of
* the triangle-shaped sorting network for n inputs.
*
* @author Ed Ropple
*/
public class CnetCreateTrisortMain {
/**
* Takes a single integer from stdin and generates a trisort of the
* type explained in class, then outputs it in canonical linear form on
* stdout.
*
* @param args The command line arguments for the program. Are ignored
* by this program.
*/
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String input = "";
System.out.println("Enter below a single non-negative integer.");
System.out.println("Whitespace is ignored, but your number is not");
System.out.println("checked and will generate an exception.");
System.out.println("Note that this number is the number of ");
System.out.println("comparators; i.e. inputting 6 will create a");
System.out.println("trisort from 0 to 5; for a trisort of comparators");
System.out.println("0 to 9, input 10. (This value is incidentially");
System.out.println("the same as the number of elements being sorted,");
System.out.println("as the requirements state.)");
System.out.println();
Scanner s = new Scanner(System.in);
String foo = "";
// read from stdin, emerge once given non-whitespace input (thank you,
// trim function, I love you so)
while (true)
{
System.out.print("> ");
foo = s.nextLine().trim();
if (foo.length() < 1)
continue;
else
break;
}
int trisortSize = Integer.parseInt(foo);
ArrayList