def quick_sort_3partition(sorting, left, right): if right <= left: return a = i = left b = right pivot = sorting[left] while i <= b: if sorting[i] < pivot: sorting[a], sorting[i] = sorting[i], sorting[a] a += 1 i += 1 elif sorting[i] > pivot: sorting[b], sorting[i] = sorting[i], sorting[b] b -= 1 else: i += 1 quick_sort_3partition(sorting, left, a - 1) quick_sort_3partition(sorting, b + 1, right) if __name__ == '__main__': user_input = input('Enter numbers separated by a comma:\n').strip() unsorted = [ int(item) for item in user_input.split(',') ] quick_sort_3partition(unsorted,0,len(unsorted)-1) print(unsorted)