Sorting points

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marcink
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Sorting points

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Could anybody tell me how to write an efficent algo for sorting points if we are given their coordinates?
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Maniac
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Post by Maniac »

Yes, define a relation between the points and just use quicksort or a garantueed N log N algorithm for sorting.
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Post by Moha »

define each point as a pair, because pair has < operator, and sorting it by sort function.
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