Wave Array Sorting Problem

Your goal is to sort a given unsorted array ARR such that it forms a wave array.

Explanation:

After sorting, the array should satisfy the wave pattern conditions:

  • ARR[0] >= ARR[1]
  • ARR[1] <= ARR[2]
  • ARR[2] >= ARR[3]
  • ARR[3] <= ARR[4]
  • And so on...

Multiple solutions may exist, but you need to return only one valid wave array.

Example:
Input:
ARR = [4, 3, 5, 2, 3, 1, 2]
Output:
[4, 3, 5, 2, 3, 1, 2]
Explanation:

The array can be arranged in a wave pattern as follows:

  • 4 > 3 and 3 < 5
  • 5 > 2 and 2 < 3
  • 3 > 1 and 1 < 2
Follow-up:

Try to achieve the solution with linear time complexity.

Input:

The input begins with an integer T indicating the number of test cases.
Each of the following 2*T lines specifies one test case:
- First line: a single integer N, the number of elements in ARR.
- Second line: N space-separated integers representing ARR.

Output:

For each test case, print the wave array as space-separated integers in a single line.

Constraints:

  • 1 <= T <= 50
  • 1 <= N <= 10^4
  • -10^9 <= ARR[i] <= 10^9
Note:
No need to explicitly print the output. The function implementation will handle it.
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