Alternately, one could use a binary search to find where to insert and then insert. The binary search has O(log N) time.
sub crop_binary_insert {
my ($a, $x) = @_;
my ($min, $max) = (0, $#{$a});
return if ($a->[-1] >= $x); # don't bother to insert if we don't hav
+e to
while ($min != $max) {
my $mid = int( ($min + $max)/2 );
if ($a->[$mid] > $x) {
$min = $mid+1;
} else {
$max = $mid;
}
}
pop @$a;
splice @$a, $min, 0, $x;
}
update: fixed up indention slightly.
update 2: s/\$i/\$mid/ (Oops! Thanks to petral.)
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