MRGSRT - EDITORIAL

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**Difficulty:**Medium

Pre-requisites: Divide and conquer

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Problem: To find the stack image when merge sort is called.

Explanation:

This problem can be solved in two ways:

  1. By simulating merge sort and printng
    the calls made.

  2. Using binary search:

    In this approach the given size is divided into 2 parts using

    mid=(L+R)/2;
if(mid>=N)		//N is the index to be found
	R=mid;		//Shift the right pointer to middle i.e. index lies between middle and left
else
	L=mid+1;	//Shift the left pointer to middle+1 i.e. index lies between middle and right

Using the second one is more preferable.

Problem setter’s solution: SOLUTION

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I am unable to understand what is the problem statement. Can anyone elaborate the question(problem statement)?