Nodejs Utililty Methods Array Merge Sort

Array.prototype.mergeSort = function () {  
  if (this.length <= 1)   
    return this;  
  var half = parseInt(this.length / 2);  
  var left = this.slice(0, half).mergeSort();  
  var right = this.slice(half,this.length).mergeSort();  
  var merge = function (left, right)   
...

Array.prototype.mergeSort = function () {
  if ( this.length < 2 ) {
    return this;
  var mid_idx = Math.floor( this.length / 2 )
  var left = this.slice(0,mid_idx).mergeSort();
  var right = this.slice(mid_idx).mergeSort();
  return merge(left, right);
function merge(left, right) {
  var result = [];
    while (left.length > 0 && right.length > 0) {
      var nextItem = (left[0] < right[0]) ? left.shift() : right.shift();
      result.push(nextItem);
  return result.concat(left).concat(right);
console.log();
console.log( JSON.stringify( [].mergeSort() ) == JSON.stringify( [] )  );
console.log( JSON.stringify( [6,5,3,1,8,7,2,4].mergeSort() ) == JSON.stringify( [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8] ) );
console.log();

;"use strict";
var log=function(msg){console.log(msg);};
var alert=function(msg){log(msg);};
var arr = [3,6,7,5,3,6,2,9,1,5,33,-12,0,-122,-Infinity, 125, 33, 55, 77];
Array.prototype.mergeSort = function () {
  function _merge(arrLeft, arrRight){
      var result = [],
      leftIdx = 0,
      rightIdx = 0;
...

Array.prototype.mergeSort = function() {
    function sort(array) {
        var length = array.length,
            mid    = Math.floor(length * 0.5),
            left   = array.slice(0, mid),
            right  = array.slice(mid, length);
        if(length === 1) {
          return array;
        return merge(sort(left), sort(right));
    function merge(left, right) {
        var result = []
        for (var li=0,ri=0,i=0;i<left.length+right.length;i++){
            if (li < left.length && ri < right.length) {
                if (less(left[li], right[ri])) {
                    result[i]=left[li]
                    li++
                    continue
                else {
                    result[i]=right[ri]
                    ri++
                    continue
            if (li===left.length) {
                result[i]=right[ri]
                ri++
                continue
            else {
                result[i]=left[li]
                li++
                continue
        virtualize(result, 0)
        return result
    var newArray=sort(this)
    return newArray

Array.prototype.mergeSort = function() {
    function sort(array) {
        var length = array.length,
            mid    = Math.floor(length * 0.5),
            left   = array.slice(0, mid),
            right  = array.slice(mid, length);
        if(length === 1) {
          return array;
        return merge(sort(left), sort(right));
    function merge(left, right) {
        var result = []
        for (var li=0,ri=0,i=0;i<left.length+right.length;i++){
            if (li < left.length && ri < right.length) {
                if (less(left[li], right[ri])) {
                    result[i]=left[li]
                    li++
                    continue
                else {
                    result[i]=right[ri]
                    ri++
                    continue
            if (li===left.length) {
                result[i]=right[ri]
                ri++
                continue
            else {
                result[i]=left[li]
                li++
                continue
        return result
    var newArray=sort(this)
    return newArray

Array.prototype.mergeSort = function(arr2, arr3) {
  return this.merge2way(arr2.merge2way(arr3));
var maxNumber = process.argv[2];
function getRandomArbitrary(min, max) {
  return Math.round(Math.random() * (max - min) + min);
var arr1 = [getRandomArbitrary(1, 5)],
  arr2 = [getRandomArbitrary(1, 5)],
...

Array.prototype.mergeSort = function(sortKey, direction){
  var unsortedArray = this;
  if(unsortedArray.length < 2) return unsortedArray;
  var middle = Math.floor(unsortedArray.length/2);
  var leftSubArray = unsortedArray.slice(0,middle).mergeSort(sortKey, direction);
  var rightSubArray = unsortedArray.slice(middle).mergeSort(sortKey, direction);
  var sortedArray = merge(leftSubArray, rightSubArray);
  return sortedArray;
  function merge(left, right) {
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