Merge Sort Algorithm

Merge sort is a recursive algorithm for sorting lists.

Algorithm
This algorithm uses two assumptions The list is recursively split at a pivot point (by convention the middle node in the list). Once you hit a single item that item can be returned. When joining larger lists, repeatedly compare the two items at the start of each list and add the smaller item onto the result list until one of the lists runs out. Then the remaining list can be added onto the end of the result list.
 * It is easier to sort two smaller sorted lists than one big list
 * lists of one item are already considered sorted

Pseudocode
merge_sort(arr) initialize list left, right if arr.count ≤ 1 return arr middle = arr.count / 2  // integer division for each x in arr up to middle add x to left for each x in arr after middle add x to right left = merge_sort(left) right = merge_sort(right) result = merge(left, right) return result

merge(left, right) initialize list result while left.count > 0 and right.count > 0 if left at 0 ≤ right at 0 result.add(left at 0) left.remove at 0 else result.add(right at 0) right.remove at 0 if left.count > 0 result.addlist(left) if right.count > 0 result.addlist(right) return result