public class MergeSortBU {
    private static Integer[] array = { 4, 3, 1, 8, 9, 15, 20, 2, 5, 6, 30, 70, 60,80,0,9,67,54,51,52,24,54,7 };

    public MergeSortBU() {
    }

    private static void merge(Comparable[] arrayToSort, Comparable[] aux, int lo,int mid, int hi) {

        for (int index = 0; index < arrayToSort.length; index++) {
            aux[index] = arrayToSort[index];
        }

        int i = lo;
        int j = mid + 1;
        for (int k = lo; k <= hi; k++) {
            if (i > mid)
                arrayToSort[k] = aux[j++];
            else if (j > hi)
                arrayToSort[k] = aux[i++];
            else if (isLess(aux[i], aux[j])) {
                arrayToSort[k] = aux[i++];
            } else {
                arrayToSort[k] = aux[j++];
            }

        }
    }

    public static void sort(Comparable[] arrayToSort, Comparable[] aux, int lo, int hi) {
        int N = arrayToSort.length;
        for (int sz = 1; sz < N; sz = sz + sz) {
            for (int low = 0; low < N; low = low + sz + sz) {
                System.out.println("Size:"+ sz);
                merge(arrayToSort, aux, low, low + sz -1 ,Math.min(low + sz + sz - 1, N - 1));
                print(arrayToSort);
            }
        }

    }

    public static boolean isLess(Comparable a, Comparable b) {
        return a.compareTo(b) <= 0;
    }

    private static void print(Comparable[] array) {http://stackoverflow.com/documentation/algorithm/5732/merge-sort#
        StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();http://stackoverflow.com/documentation/algorithm/5732/merge-sort#
        for (Comparable value : array) {
            buffer.append(value);
            buffer.append(' ');
        }
        System.out.println(buffer);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Comparable[] aux = new Comparable[array.length];
        print(array);
        MergeSortBU.sort(array, aux, 0, array.length - 1);
    }
}