이 질문에 대한 답변은 얼마 동안 이루어졌지만 클립 보드에 Array 및 jQuery에 대한 안정적인 병합 정렬 구현이 있으므로 향후 일부 검색자가 유용 할 수 있기를 바라며 공유 할 것입니다.

일반 Array.sort구현 과 마찬가지로 고유 한 비교 기능을 지정할 수 있습니다 .

이행

// Add stable merge sort to Array and jQuery prototypes
// Note: We wrap it in a closure so it doesn't pollute the global
//       namespace, but we don't put it in $(document).ready, since it's
//       not dependent on the DOM
(function() {

  // expose to Array and jQuery
  Array.prototype.mergeSort = jQuery.fn.mergeSort = mergeSort;

  function mergeSort(compare) {

    var length = this.length,
        middle = Math.floor(length / 2);

    if (!compare) {
      compare = function(left, right) {
        if (left < right)
          return -1;
        if (left == right)
          return 0;
        else
          return 1;
      };
    }

    if (length < 2)
      return this;

    return merge(
      this.slice(0, middle).mergeSort(compare),
      this.slice(middle, length).mergeSort(compare),
      compare
    );
  }

  function merge(left, right, compare) {

    var result = [];

    while (left.length > 0 || right.length > 0) {
      if (left.length > 0 && right.length > 0) {
        if (compare(left[0], right[0]) <= 0) {
          result.push(left[0]);
          left = left.slice(1);
        }
        else {
          result.push(right[0]);
          right = right.slice(1);
        }
      }
      else if (left.length > 0) {
        result.push(left[0]);
        left = left.slice(1);
      }
      else if (right.length > 0) {
        result.push(right[0]);
        right = right.slice(1);
      }
    }
    return result;
  }
})();

사용 예

var sorted = [
  'Finger',
  'Sandwich',
  'sandwich',
  '5 pork rinds',
  'a guy named Steve',
  'some noodles',
  'mops and brooms',
  'Potato Chip Brand® chips'
].mergeSort(function(left, right) {
  lval = left.toLowerCase();
  rval = right.toLowerCase();

  console.log(lval, rval);
  if (lval < rval)
    return -1;
  else if (lval == rval)
    return 0;
  else
    return 1;
});

sorted == ["5 pork rinds", "a guy named Steve", "Finger", "mops and brooms", "Potato Chip Brand® chips", "Sandwich", "sandwich", "some noodles"];

답변

// ECMAScript 5 polyfill
Object.defineProperty(Array.prototype, 'stableSort', {
  configurable: true,
  writable: true,
  value: function stableSort (compareFunction) {
    'use strict'

    var length = this.length
    var entries = Array(length)
    var index

    // wrap values with initial indices
    for (index = 0; index < length; index++) {
      entries[index] = [index, this[index]]
    }

    // sort with fallback based on initial indices
    entries.sort(function (a, b) {
      var comparison = Number(this(a[1], b[1]))
      return comparison || a[0] - b[0]
    }.bind(compareFunction))

    // re-map original array to stable sorted values
    for (index = 0; index < length; index++) {
      this[index] = entries[index][1]
    }

    return this
  }
})

// usage
const array = Array(500000).fill().map(() => Number(Math.random().toFixed(4)))

const alwaysEqual = () => 0
const isUnmoved = (value, index) => value === array[index]

// not guaranteed to be stable
console.log('sort() stable?', array
  .slice()
  .sort(alwaysEqual)
  .every(isUnmoved)
)
// guaranteed to be stable
console.log('stableSort() stable?', array
  .slice()
  .stableSort(alwaysEqual)
  .every(isUnmoved)
)

// performance using realistic scenario with unsorted big data
function time(arrayCopy, algorithm, compare) {
  var start
  var stop

  start = performance.now()
  algorithm.call(arrayCopy, compare)
  stop = performance.now()

  return stop - start
}

const ascending = (a, b) => a - b

const msSort = time(array.slice(), Array.prototype.sort, ascending)
const msStableSort = time(array.slice(), Array.prototype.stableSort, ascending)

console.log('sort()', msSort.toFixed(3), 'ms')
console.log('stableSort()', msStableSort.toFixed(3), 'ms')
console.log('sort() / stableSort()', (100 * msSort / msStableSort).toFixed(3) + '%')

function stableSort(arr, compare) {
    var original = arr.slice(0);

    arr.sort(function(a, b){
        var result = compare(a, b);
        return result === 0 ? original.indexOf(a) - original.indexOf(b) : result;
    });

    return arr;
}

var names = [
	{ surname: "Williams", firstname: "Mary" },
	{ surname: "Doe", firstname: "Mary" },
	{ surname: "Johnson", firstname: "Alan" },
	{ surname: "Doe", firstname: "John" },
	{ surname: "White", firstname: "John" },
	{ surname: "Doe", firstname: "Sam" }
]

function stableSort(arr, compare) {
    var original = arr.slice(0);

    arr.sort(function(a, b){
        var result = compare(a, b);
        return result === 0 ? original.indexOf(a) - original.indexOf(b) : result;
    });

    return arr;
}

stableSort(names, function(a, b) {
	return a.surname > b.surname ? 1 : a.surname < b.surname ? -1 : 0;
})

names.forEach(function(name) {
	console.log(name.surname + ', ' + name.firstname);
});

function stableSort(arr, cmpFunc) {
    //wrap the arr elements in wrapper objects, so we can associate them with their origional starting index position
    var arrOfWrapper = arr.map(function(elem, idx){
        return {elem: elem, idx: idx};
    });

    //sort the wrappers, breaking sorting ties by using their elements orig index position
    arrOfWrapper.sort(function(wrapperA, wrapperB){
        var cmpDiff = cmpFunc(wrapperA.elem, wrapperB.elem);
        return cmpDiff === 0
             ? wrapperA.idx - wrapperB.idx
             : cmpDiff;
    });

    //unwrap and return the elements
    return arrOfWrapper.map(function(wrapper){
        return wrapper.elem;
    });
}

var res = stableSort([{a:1, b:4}, {a:1, b:5}], function(a, b){
    return a.a - b.a;
});
console.log(res);