From 0e333ae02193fca1046fcd65ff5202eb054cc04e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: William Zhang <39932068+WilliamHYZhang@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2019 05:17:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] added bogobogosort (#1258)

* added bogobogosort

* fix indentation error
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 sorts/bogo_bogo_sort.py | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 sorts/bogo_bogo_sort.py

diff --git a/sorts/bogo_bogo_sort.py b/sorts/bogo_bogo_sort.py
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+"""
+Python implementation of bogobogosort, a "sorting algorithm
+designed not to succeed before the heat death of the universe
+on any sizable list" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogosort.
+
+Author: WilliamHYZhang
+"""
+
+import random
+
+
+def bogo_bogo_sort(collection):
+    """
+    returns the collection sorted in ascending order
+    :param collection: list of comparable items
+    :return: the list sorted in ascending order
+
+    Examples:
+    >>> bogo_bogo_sort([0, 5, 3, 2, 2])
+    [0, 2, 2, 3, 5]
+    >>> bogo_bogo_sort([-2, -5, -45])
+    [-45, -5, -2]
+    >>> bogo_bogo_sort([420, 69])
+    [69, 420]
+    """
+
+    def is_sorted(collection):
+        if len(collection) == 1:
+            return True
+
+        clone = collection.copy()
+        while True:
+            random.shuffle(clone)
+            ordered = bogo_bogo_sort(clone[:-1])
+            if clone[len(clone) - 1] >= max(ordered):
+                break
+
+        for i in range(len(ordered)):
+            clone[i] = ordered[i]
+
+        for i in range(len(collection)):
+            if clone[i] != collection[i]:
+                return False
+        return True
+
+    while not is_sorted(collection):
+        random.shuffle(collection)
+    return collection
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    user_input = input("Enter numbers separated by a comma:\n").strip()
+    unsorted = [int(item) for item in user_input.split(",")]
+    print(bogo_bogo_sort(unsorted))