package mergesort import ( "reflect" "testing" ) // MergeSort returns a sorted copy of values using merge sort. func MergeSort(values []int) []int { if len(values) <= 1 { return append([]int(nil), values...) } mid := len(values) / 2 left := MergeSort(values[:mid]) right := MergeSort(values[mid:]) return merge(left, right) } // merge combines two sorted slices. func merge(left, right []int) []int { result := make([]int, 0, len(left)+len(right)) i, j := 0, 0 for i < len(left) && j < len(right) { if left[i] <= right[j] { result = append(result, left[i]) i++ } else { result = append(result, right[j]) j++ } } result = append(result, left[i:]...) result = append(result, right[j:]...) return result } func TestMergeSort(t *testing.T) { input := []int{8, 3, 5, 1, 9, 3} want := []int{1, 3, 3, 5, 8, 9} if got := MergeSort(input); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) { t.Fatalf("MergeSort(%v) = %v; want %v", input, got, want) } } func TestMergeSortEmptyAndSingle(t *testing.T) { for _, input := range [][]int{{}, {42}} { if got := MergeSort(input); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, input) { t.Errorf("MergeSort(%v) = %v; want %v", input, got, input) } } } func TestMergeSortDoesNotModifyInput(t *testing.T) { input := []int{3, 1, 2} original := append([]int(nil), input...) MergeSort(input) if !reflect.DeepEqual(input, original) { t.Fatalf("input was modified: got %v; want %v", input, original) } }