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