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package main

import (
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	items := []int{4, 202, 3, 9, 6, 5, 1, 43, 506, 2, 0, 8, 7, 100, 25, 4, 5, 97, 1000, 27}
	shellshort(items)
	fmt.Println(items)
}

func shellshort(items []int) {
	var (
		n = len(items)
		gaps = []int{1}
		k = 1
	
	)
	
	for {
		gap := pow(2, k) + 1
		if gap > n-1 {
			break
		}
		gaps = append([]int{gap}, gaps...)
		k++
	}
	
	for _, gap := range gaps {
		for i := gap; i < n; i += gap {
			j := i
			for j > 0 {
				if items[j-gap] > items[j] {
					items[j-gap], items[j] = items[j], items[j-gap]
				}
				j = j - gap
			}
		}
	}
}

func pow(a, b int) int {
	p := 1
	for b > 0 {
		if b&1 != 0 {
			p *= a
		}
		b >>= 1
		a *= a
	}
	return p
}