Strand Sort - Example

Example

Unsorted list Sublist Sorted list
3 1 5 4 2
1 4 2 3 5
1 4 2 3 5
2 1 4 3 5
2 1 3 4 5
2 1 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
  1. Parse the unsorted list once, taking out any ascending (sorted) numbers.
  2. The (sorted) sublist is, for the first iteration, pushed onto the empty sorted list.
  3. Parse the unsorted list again, again taking out relatively sorted numbers.
  4. Since the sorted list is now populated, merge the sublist into the sorted list.
  5. Repeat steps 3–4 until both the unsorted list and sublist are empty.

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