sidef-scripts/Sort/gnome_sort.sf

#!/usr/bin/ruby

#
## https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Gnome_sort
#

class Array {
    method gnomesort {
        var (i=1, j=2);
        var len = self.len;
        while (i < len) {
            if (self[i-1] <= self[i]) {
                (i, j) = (j, j+1);
            }
            else {
                self[i-1, i] = self[i, i-1];
                if (--i == 0) {
                    (i, j) = (j, j+1);
                }
            }
        }
        return self;
    }
}
 
var numbers = [7,6,5,9,8,4,3,1,2,0];
say numbers.gnomesort;
 
var strs = ["John", "Kate", "Zerg", "Alice", "Joe", "Jane"];
say strs.gnomesort;