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/* C program to count comparisons in different
   cases of Merge Sort */
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<stdio.h>

// Total number of comparisons
int count = 0;

// Merges two subarrays of arr[].
// First subarray is arr[l..m]
// Second subarray is arr[m+1..r]
void merge(int arr[], int l, int m, int r)
{
	// If already sorted, return
	if (arr[m] <= arr[m+1])
	{
		count += 1;
		return;
	}

	int i, j, k;
	int n1 = m - l + 1;
	int n2 = r - m;

	/* create temp arrays */
	int L[n1], R[n2];

	/* Copy data to temp arrays L[] and R[] */
	for (i = 0; i < n1; i++)
		L[i] = arr[l + i];
	for (j = 0; j < n2; j++)
		R[j] = arr[m + 1+ j];

	/* Merge the temp arrays back into arr[l..r]*/
	i = 0; // Initial index of first subarray
	j = 0; // Initial index of second subarray
	k = l; // Initial index of merged subarray
	while (i < n1 && j < n2)
	{
	    count+=2;
		if (L[i] <= R[j])
		{
			count+=1;
			arr[k] = L[i];
			i++;
		}
		else
		{
			count+=1;
			arr[k] = R[j];
			j++;
		}
		k++;
	}

	/* Copy the remaining elements of L[], if there
	are any */
	while (i < n1)
	{
		count+=1;
		arr[k] = L[i];
		i++;
		k++;
	}

	/* Copy the remaining elements of R[], if there
	are any */
	while (j < n2)
	{
		count+=1;
		arr[k] = R[j];
		j++;
		k++;
	}
}

/* l is for left index and r is right index of the
sub-array of arr to be sorted */
void mergeSort(int arr[], int l, int r)
{
	if (l < r)
	{
		count+=1;
		// Same as (l+r)/2, but avoids overflow for
		// large l and h
		int m = l+(r-l)/2;

		// Sort first and second halves
		mergeSort(arr, l, m);
		mergeSort(arr, m+1, r);

		merge(arr, l, m, r);
	}
}

/* UTILITY FUNCTIONS */
/* Function to print an array */
void printArray(int A[], int size)
{
	int i;
	for (i=0; i < size; i++)
		printf("%d ", A[i]);
	printf("\n");
}

/* Driver program to test above functions */
int main()
{
	 // produces worst case of merge sort
	 int arrw[] = {1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15,
                 2, 10, 6, 14, 4, 12, 8, 16};

	int nw = sizeof(arrw)/sizeof(arrw[0]);

	printf("Given array is \n");
	printArray(arrw, nw);

	mergeSort(arrw, 0, nw - 1);

	printf("Sorted array is \n");
	printArray(arrw, nw);

	printf("Total no. of comparisons in this case"
	       " are %d\n", count);


    // Resetting global variable count to 0
    count = 0;

	// produces best case of merge sort
	int arrb[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
	              10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16};

    int nb = sizeof(arrb)/sizeof(arrb[0]);

	printf("\nGiven array is \n");
	printArray(arrb, nb);

	mergeSort(arrb, 0, nb - 1);

	printf("Sorted array is \n");
	printArray(arrb, nb);

	printf("Total no. of comparisons in this case"
	       " are %d\n", count);

	return 0;
}