def merge_sort(arr):
"""
Merge Sort - O(n log n) time complexity
Divide and conquer algorithm that divides array into halves, sorts them and merges.
"""
if len(arr) <= 1:
return arr
mid = len(arr) // 2
left = merge_sort(arr[:mid])
right = merge_sort(arr[mid:])
return merge(left, right)
def merge(left, right):
result = []
i = j = 0
while i < len(left) and j < len(right):
if left[i] <= right[j]:
result.append(left[i])
i += 1
else:
result.append(right[j])
j += 1
result.extend(left[i:])
result.extend(right[j:])
return result
# Example usage
data = [64, 34, 25, 12, 22, 11, 90]
print("Original:", data)
print("Sorted:", merge_sort(data))