""" 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 from random import shuffle def sort(collection): shuffle(collection) return quick_sort(collection) 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] """ if len(collection) <= 1: return collection less = [] equal = [] greater = [] pivot = collection[0] for x in collection: if x < pivot: less.append(x) elif x == pivot: equal.append(x) else: greater.append(x) return quick_sort(less) + equal + quick_sort(greater) if __name__ == '__main__': import sys # For python 2.x and 3.x compatibility: 3.x has not 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(sort(unsorted))