Question: Alex has some pillars of different heights. He is trying to arrange the pillars in descending order according to their heights. Recently he has learned

Alex has some pillars of different heights. He is trying to arrange the pillars in descending order according to their heights. Recently he has learned Divide & Conquer (D&C) algorithm strategy. There is a sorting algorithm in Divide & Conquer whose special case is, f(n) = O(n^2). So, now you have to help Alex to sort the pillars with that particular D&C algorithm. Finally, you need to display k, the number of times the division will be required for sorting and also display the heights in descending order.


Input: At the first line, you have to take the number of pillars, N (1<=N<=100), then, in the second line, you have to take N integer numbers indicating the heights of the pillars.


Output: You need to display k and the height of the pillars in descending order



Sample Input:

6

6 3 8 11 2 77


Sample Output:

3

77 11 8 6 3 2 

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