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+//package practiceQuestions;
+
+/*
+Page 667
+Problem 14.11
+(Implement iterative variation of merge sort,
+ merge adjacent regions at a time)
+ */
+import java.util.Scanner;
+
+/**
+ * @author Prasoon Jain
+ *
+ */
+public class MergeSortVariation {
+
+  //method returns true if the number is power of two
+  /**
+   * @param number
+   * @return
+   */
+  private static boolean isPowerofTwo(int number) {
+    if ((number & (number - 1)) == 0)
+      return true;
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  //method to compare elements of adjacent regions and merge them
+  /**
+   * @param givenArray
+   * @param sizeofadjacentRegion
+   * @param leftRegionStartpoint
+   * @param rightRegionStartPoint
+   */
+  private static void compareAndMergeAdjacentRegions(int givenArray[],
+      int sizeofadjacentRegion, int leftRegionStartpoint,
+      int rightRegionStartPoint) {
+
+    int temporaryArray[] = new int[2 * sizeofadjacentRegion];		
+    int tempArrayIndex = 0;
+    int leftRegionIndex = leftRegionStartpoint;
+    int rightRegionIndex = rightRegionStartPoint;
+    int leftRegionEndPoint = leftRegionStartpoint
+        + sizeofadjacentRegion;
+    int rightRegionEndPoint=rightRegionStartPoint
+        + sizeofadjacentRegion;
+
+    // comparing and merging the left and right regions elements
+    while(leftRegionIndex < leftRegionEndPoint
+        && rightRegionIndex < rightRegionEndPoint) {
+
+      if (givenArray[leftRegionIndex] <= givenArray[rightRegionIndex]) {
+        temporaryArray[tempArrayIndex] = givenArray[leftRegionIndex];
+        leftRegionIndex++;
+      } else if(givenArray[rightRegionIndex] <givenArray[leftRegionIndex]){
+        temporaryArray[tempArrayIndex] = givenArray[rightRegionIndex];
+        rightRegionIndex++;
+      }
+      tempArrayIndex++;
+    }
+
+    // If some elements are left in any of the the two arrays.
+    while (leftRegionIndex < leftRegionEndPoint) {
+      temporaryArray[tempArrayIndex] = givenArray[leftRegionIndex];
+      leftRegionIndex++;
+      tempArrayIndex++;
+    }
+    while (rightRegionIndex < rightRegionEndPoint) {
+      temporaryArray[tempArrayIndex] = givenArray[rightRegionIndex];
+      rightRegionIndex++;
+      tempArrayIndex++;
+    }
+
+    for (int arrayIndex = 0; arrayIndex <
+        2*sizeofadjacentRegion; arrayIndex++) {
+      givenArray[leftRegionStartpoint] = temporaryArray[arrayIndex];
+      leftRegionStartpoint++;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param array
+   * @param arraySize
+   */
+  private static void printArray(int array[],int arraySize) {
+    for(int index= 0; index< arraySize; index++) {
+      System.out.print(array[index]+" ");
+    }
+    System.out.println("");
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * @param args
+   */
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+    Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
+    System.out.println("Enter the size of the array : ");
+    final int sizeOfArray = scan.nextInt();
+
+    // Checking id the input is valid or not
+    if (!isPowerofTwo(sizeOfArray)) {
+      System.out.println("Length of array is not the power of 2");
+    } else {
+      //taking user input of Array elements
+      System.out.println("Enter array elements : ");
+      int givenArray[] = new int[sizeOfArray];
+      for (int arrayIndex = 0; arrayIndex < sizeOfArray; arrayIndex++) {
+        givenArray[arrayIndex] = scan.nextInt();
+      }
+
+      //size of adjacent regions increases by the power of two
+      for (int sizeOfAdjacentRegion = 1; sizeOfAdjacentRegion <sizeOfArray;
+          sizeOfAdjacentRegion *= 2) {
+
+        System.out.println("Merging all the adjacent regions Of size : "
+            + sizeOfAdjacentRegion);
+
+        //next left region start point is given by previous index +
+        // twice the size of current region i.e. (left+right) Regions 
+        for (int leftRegionStartPoint = 0; leftRegionStartPoint <sizeOfArray;
+            leftRegionStartPoint += 2*sizeOfAdjacentRegion) {
+
+          int rightRegionStartPoint =leftRegionStartPoint +sizeOfAdjacentRegion;
+
+          // merging the adjacent regions 
+          compareAndMergeAdjacentRegions(givenArray,
+              sizeOfAdjacentRegion, leftRegionStartPoint,
+              rightRegionStartPoint);
+        }
+
+        //printing given array in intermediate steps  
+        printArray(givenArray, sizeOfArray);
+      }
+
+      //printing final sorted array
+      System.out.println("Final Sorted Array : ");
+      printArray(givenArray, sizeOfArray);
+    }
+    scan.close();
+  }
+}