Sort Algorithms 1.0 by Martin Walfisz pi92mw@pt.hk-r.se Introduction ------------ SAL is a small program for animation of different sorting algorithms. It's intended to help people understand how sorting algorithms work. It was made as an individual project for a class in my university. It's copyright H”gskolan Karlskrona/Ronneby (I think) but can be spread freely for non commercial purposes. I'd be happy to receive some comments on the program so please send some e-mail. It probably has lots of bugs, for one it eats memory. But there will be NO future versions since I have lost some of the code (.RC files). The C++ code can be obtained on request. It was made with Borland C++ 3.1 App. Frameworks. Known bugs: - Eats memory. - Merge sort doesn't work. - Pressing the PAUSE BUTTON after script-end halts Windows. Press CTRL-ALT-DEL and then RETURN to end SAL. Installation ------------ Copy all files to a single directory. Start Windows (3.1+) and add SAL.EXE as an icon somewhere. NOTE: The working directory MUST be the same in which the files are in! Running the program ------------------- SAL is easy to use. Just select the algorithm you want to see and press the PLAY button. A SOURCE window will appear on your right. (Merge sort does not work I think.) The PAUSE button pauses the sorting and you can press it to run the algorithm one step at a time. FAST FORWARD makes the animation run a little faster but the difference from PLAY isn't that big. STOP halts the algorithm and closes the SOURCE window. Press VEKTOR to change the figures to sort. ----------------------- Have fun and good luck! / martin, pi92mw@pt.hk-r.se