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

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/*
* Shell Sort sorts an array based on insertion sort algorithm
* more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellsort
*
*/
export function shellSort(items) {
let interval = 1
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while (interval < items.length / 3) {
interval = interval * 3 + 1
}
while (interval > 0) {
for (let outer = interval; outer < items.length; outer++) {
const value = items[outer]
let inner = outer
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while (inner > interval - 1 && items[inner - interval] >= value) {
items[inner] = items[inner - interval]
inner = inner - interval
}
items[inner] = value
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}
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interval = (interval - 1) / 3
}
return items
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}