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Scheme: Merge Sort
;; Exp. (merge '(1 3 5 7 8 9 10) '(2 4 6)) ==> (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10)
(define (merge L M)
(if (null? L) M
(if (null? M) L
(if (< (car L) (car M))
(cons (car L) (merge (cdr L) M))
(cons (car M) (merge (cdr M) L))))))
;; split helper functions
(define (odd L)
(if (null? L) '()
(if (null? (cdr L)) (list (car L))
(cons (car L) (odd (cddr L))))))
(define (even L)
(if (null? L) '()
(if (null? (cdr L)) '()
(cons (cadr L) (even (cddr L))))))
;; Exp. (split '(a b c d e f g h i)) ==> ((a c e g i)(b d f h))
(define (split L)
(cons (odd L) (cons (even L) `())))
;; Exp. (mergesort '(8 1 3 9 6 5 7 2 4 10)) ==> (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10)
(define (mergesort L)
(if (null? L) L
(if (null? (cdr L)) L
(merge
(mergesort (car (split L)))
(mergesort (cadr (split L)))))))
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