# Heapsort

```ruby
func sift_down(a, start, end) {
    var root = start
    while ((2*root + 1) <= end) {
        var child = (2*root + 1)
        if ((child+1 <= end) && (a[child] < a[child + 1])) {
            child += 1
        }
        if (a[root] < a[child]) {
            a[child, root] = a[root, child]
            root = child
        } else {
            return nil
        }
    }
}

func heapify(a, count) {
    var start = ((count - 2) / 2)
    while (start >= 0) {
        sift_down(a, start, count-1)
        start -= 1
    }
}

func heap_sort(a, count) {
    heapify(a, count)
    var end = (count - 1)
    while (end > 0) {
        a[0, end] = a[end, 0]
        end -= 1
        sift_down(a, 0, end)
    }
    return a
}

var arr = (1..10 -> shuffle)   # creates a shuffled array
say arr                        # prints the unsorted array
heap_sort(arr, arr.len)        # sorts the array in-place
say arr                        # prints the sorted array
```

#### Output:

```
[10, 5, 2, 1, 7, 6, 4, 8, 3, 9]
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
```


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