""" This is a pure python implementation of the bogosort algorithm For doctests run following command: python -m doctest -v bogosort.py or python3 -m doctest -v bogosort.py For manual testing run: python bogosort.py """ from __future__ import print_function import random def bogosort(collection): """Pure implementation of the bogosort algorithm in Python :param collection: some mutable ordered collection with heterogeneous comparable items inside :return: the same collection ordered by ascending Examples: >>> bogosort([0, 5, 3, 2, 2]) [0, 2, 2, 3, 5] >>> bogosort([]) [] >>> bogosort([-2, -5, -45]) [-45, -5, -2] """ def isSorted(collection): if len(collection) < 2: return True for i in range(len(collection) - 1): if collection[i] > collection[i + 1]: return False return True while not isSorted(collection): random.shuffle(collection) return collection if __name__ == '__main__': import sys # For python 2.x and 3.x compatibility: 3.x has no raw_input builtin # otherwise 2.x's input builtin function is too "smart" if sys.version_info.major < 3: input_function = raw_input else: input_function = input user_input = input_function('Enter numbers separated by a comma:\n') unsorted = [int(item) for item in user_input.split(',')] print(bogosort(unsorted))