Mattamorphic / Mattamorphic/DataCruncher

Implement External MergeSort

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enhancement
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PHP
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Description

As a user I want to be able to sort my data sources content and output this as a new file, in potentially a different format.

We can use the merge sort algorithm to break the problem down.
An external merge sort uses smaller files instead of dumping the whole file into memory

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Research direction

Start by locating the existing data-source and file-output entry points in the repository, then review how CSV, XML, and database-table data are represented. Define the supported input and output formats and verify that sorting can use temporary smaller files without loading the entire source into memory.

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Assessment

Tech stack
php
Domain
data-engineering
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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