snail-sort/README.md
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# 🐌 snail-sort
Implementations in various languages for the snail sorting
algorithm, sorting an `n`x`m` rectangular, 2d array by
traversing elements in a clockwise spiral.
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### Examples
Snail-sorting a `3`x`3` array:
```
[
[1, 2, 3],
[4, 5, 6],
[7, 8, 9],
]
=> [1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 8, 7, 4, 5]
```
Snail-sorting a `4`x`5` array:
```
[
[a, b, c, d, e],
[f, g, h, i, j],
[k, l, m, n, o],
[p, q, r, s, t]
]
=> [a, b, c, d, e, j, o, t, s, r, q, p, k, f, g, h, i, n, m, l]
```