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Algorithms and Data Structures implemented in JavaScript for beginners, following best practices.

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/*
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeonhole_sort
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*Pigeonhole sorting is a sorting algorithm that is suitable
* for sorting lists of elements where the number of elements
* (n) and the length of the range of possible key values (N)
* are approximately the same.
*/
export function pigeonHoleSort(arr) {
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let min = arr[0]
let max = arr[0]
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for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
if (arr[i] > max) {
max = arr[i]
}
if (arr[i] < min) {
min = arr[i]
}
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}
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const range = max - min + 1
const pigeonhole = Array(range).fill(0)
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for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
pigeonhole[arr[i] - min]++
}
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let index = 0
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for (let j = 0; j < range; j++) {
while (pigeonhole[j]-- > 0) {
arr[index++] = j + min
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}
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}
return arr
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}