So I am implementing a block swap algorithm in python.
The algorithm I am following is this:
Initialize A = arr[0..d-1] and B = arr[d..n-1] 1) Do following until size of A is equal to size of B
a) If A is shorter, divide B into Bl and Br such that Br is of same length as A. Swap A and Br to change ABlBr into BrBlA. Now A is at its final place, so recur on pieces of B.
b) If A is longer, divide A into Al and Ar such that Al is of same length as B Swap Al and B to change AlArB into BArAl. Now B is at its final place, so recur on pieces of A.
2) Finally when A and B are of equal size, block swap them.
The same algorithm has been implemented in C on this website – Array Rotation
My python code for the same is
a = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]
x = 2
n = len(a)
def rotate(a,x):
n = len(a)
if x == 0 or x == n:
return a
if x == n -x:
print(a)
for i in range(x):
a[i], a[(i-x+n) % n] = a[(i-x+n) % n], a[i]
print(a)
return a
if x < n-x:
print(a)
for i in range(x):
a[i], a[(i-x+n) % n] = a[(i-x+n) % n], a[i]
print(a)
rotate(a[:n-x],x)
else:
print(a)
for i in range(n-x):
a[i], a[(i-(n-x) + n) % n] = a[(i-(n-x) + n) % n] , a[i]
print(a)
rotate(a[n-x:], n-x)
rotate(a,x)
print(a)
I am getting the right values at each stage but the recursive function call is not returning the expected result and I cannot seem to understand the cause. Can someone explain whats wrong with my recursion ? and what can be the possible alternative.