""" This is a pure python implementation of the insertion sort algorithm For doctests run following command: python -m doctest -v insertion_sort.py or python3 -m doctest -v insertion_sort.py For manual testing run: python insertion_sort.py """ from __future__ import print_function def insertion_sort(collection): """Pure implementation of the insertion sort algorithm in Python :param collection: some mutable ordered collection with heterogeneous comparable items inside :return: the same collection ordered by ascending Examples: >>> insertion_sort([0, 5, 3, 2, 2]) [0, 2, 2, 3, 5] >>> insertion_sort([]) [] >>> insertion_sort([-2, -5, -45]) [-45, -5, -2] """ for loop_index in range(1, len(collection)): insertion_index = loop_index while insertion_index > 0 and collection[insertion_index - 1] > collection[insertion_index]: collection[insertion_index], collection[insertion_index - 1] = collection[insertion_index - 1], collection[insertion_index] insertion_index -= 1 return collection 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(insertion_sort(unsorted))