""" This is a pure python implementation of the quick sort algorithm For doctests run following command: python -m doctest -v quick_sort.py or python3 -m doctest -v quick_sort.py For manual testing run: python quick_sort.py """ from __future__ import print_function def quick_sort(collection): """Pure implementation of quick sort algorithm in Python :param collection: some mutable ordered collection with heterogeneous comparable items inside :return: the same collection ordered by ascending Examples: >>> quick_sort([0, 5, 3, 2, 2]) [0, 2, 2, 3, 5] >>> quick_sort([]) [] >>> quick_sort([-2, -5, -45]) [-45, -5, -2] """ length = len(collection) if length <= 1: return collection else: # Use the last element as the first pivot pivot = collection.pop() # Put elements greater than pivot in greater list # Put elements lesser than pivot in lesser list greater, lesser = [], [] for element in collection: if element > pivot: greater.append(element) else: lesser.append(element) return quick_sort(lesser) + [pivot] + quick_sort(greater) if __name__ == '__main__': try: raw_input # Python 2 except NameError: raw_input = input # Python 3 user_input = raw_input('Enter numbers separated by a comma:\n').strip() unsorted = [ int(item) for item in user_input.split(',') ] print( quick_sort(unsorted) )