Overview
This
public repository
contains the Java
source code
for the algorithms and clients in the textbook
Algorithms, 4th Edition by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne.
This is the official version—it is actively maintained and updated by the authors.
The programs are organized in the package
edu.princeton.cs.algs4.
If you need only the class files (and not the source code), you can use
algs4.jar instead.
## Design goals
Our original goal was to cover the
50 algorithms that every programmer should know.
We use the word
programmer to refer to anyone engaged in trying to accomplish
something with the help of a computer, including scientists, engineers, and applications
developers, not to mention college students in science, engineering, and computer science.
The code is optimized for clarity, portability, and efficiency. While some of our
implementations are as fast as (or faster than) their counterparts in
java.util,
our main goal is to express the core algorithmic ideas in an elegant and simple manner.
While we embrace some advanced Java features (such as generics and iterators),
we avoid those that interfere with the exposition (such as inheritance and concurrency).
## Build managers
This repository is intended for use with either the
Maven
or
Gradle build managers.
It can be run from either the command line or integrated into
Eclipse, NetBeans, and IntelliJ.
You can also access it via
Bintray.
## Coursera Algorithms, Part I and II students
Feel free to use this public repository to develop solutions to the programming assignments.
However, please do not store solutions to programming assignments in public repositories.
## Copyright
Copyright © 2000–2019 by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne.
## License
This code is released under GPLv3.
## Contribute to this repository
This
wishlist.txt
contains a list of algorithms and data structures that we would
like to add to the repository. Indeed, several of the algorithms and
data structures in this repository were contributed by others. If interested, please
follow the same style as the code in the repository and thoroughly test your
code before contacting us.
## Support for other programming languages
Some of the code in this repository has been translated to other languages:
## Credits
Thanks to Peter Korgan for Maven and Gradle support.
