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import java.util.*;

class Program {
public static int[] mergeSort(int[] array) {
int[] aux = array.clone();
helper(array, aux, 0, array.length - 1);
return array;
}

private static void helper(int[] main, int[] aux, int start, int end) {
if (start == end) {
return;
}
int middle = start + (end - start) / 2;
helper(aux, main, start, middle);
helper(aux, main, middle + 1, end);
doMerge(main, aux, start, middle, end);
}

private static void doMerge(int[] main, int[] aux, int start, int middle, int end) {
int ptrOne = start, ptrTwo = middle + 1, ptrMain = start;
while (ptrOne <= middle && ptrTwo <= end) {
if (aux[ptrOne] <= aux[ptrTwo]) {
main[ptrMain] = aux[ptrOne];
ptrOne += 1;
} else {
main[ptrMain] = aux[ptrTwo];
ptrTwo += 1;
}
ptrMain += 1;
}
while (ptrOne <= middle) {
main[ptrMain++] = aux[ptrOne++];
}
while (ptrTwo <= end) {
main[ptrMain++] = aux[ptrTwo++];
}
}
}

aux里存的是sort好的部分, main则是利用aux来merge两部分sort好的部分. 当main合并好后又成为上一层的aux, 供上一层的main去merge.