def bubble_sort(list_data: list, length: int = 0) -> list: """ It is similar is bubble sort but recursive. :param list_data: mutable ordered sequence of elements :param length: length of list data :return: the same list in ascending order >>> bubble_sort([0, 5, 2, 3, 2], 5) [0, 2, 2, 3, 5] >>> bubble_sort([], 0) [] >>> bubble_sort([-2, -45, -5], 3) [-45, -5, -2] >>> bubble_sort([-23, 0, 6, -4, 34], 5) [-23, -4, 0, 6, 34] >>> bubble_sort([-23, 0, 6, -4, 34], 5) == sorted([-23, 0, 6, -4, 34]) True >>> bubble_sort(['z','a','y','b','x','c'], 6) ['a', 'b', 'c', 'x', 'y', 'z'] >>> bubble_sort([1.1, 3.3, 5.5, 7.7, 2.2, 4.4, 6.6]) [1.1, 2.2, 3.3, 4.4, 5.5, 6.6, 7.7] """ length = length or len(list_data) swapped = False for i in range(length - 1): if list_data[i] > list_data[i + 1]: list_data[i], list_data[i + 1] = list_data[i + 1], list_data[i] swapped = True return list_data if not swapped else bubble_sort(list_data, length - 1) if __name__ == "__main__": import doctest doctest.testmod()