Problem 1534. Sort (high on middle, low on ends)

Created by Franek

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Sort the vector of numbers in order low-high-low. Even numbers appear in ascending order on the left and odd numbers appear in descending order on the right.

Example:

 x = [ 5 3 4 1 2 ]

the output is:

 y = [ 2 4 5 3 1 ]

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andrea84 on 3 Jun 2013

I don't understand if the smallest element should be the last or the first of the sorted array

Ned Gulley on 3 Jun 2013

Hi Franek:

Thanks for creating a problem! It's a little ambiguous right now (see @andrea84's comment above). There is more than one answer as currently defined. Could you please clarify it?

Franek on 4 Jun 2013

Sorry for that, if you have input odd vector the smallest element is on the end, but if u input even vector the smallest element is on the first position.

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