What is merge sort?

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Data Structure and Algorithm

Merge sort, is a  divide-and-conquer approach for sorting the data. In a sequence of data, adjacent ones are merged and sorted to create bigger sorted lists. These sorted lists are then merged again to form an even bigger sorted list, which continues until you have one single sorted list.

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Sujan Bk
Sujan Bk
Jan 9, 2022
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