def double_sort(lst): """this sorting algorithm sorts an array using the principle of bubble sort , but does it both from left to right and right to left , hence i decided to call it "double sort" :param collection: mutable ordered sequence of elements :return: the same collection in ascending order Examples: >>> double_sort([-1 ,-2 ,-3 ,-4 ,-5 ,-6 ,-7]) [-7, -6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1] >>> double_sort([]) [] >>> double_sort([-1 ,-2 ,-3 ,-4 ,-5 ,-6]) [-6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1] >>> double_sort([-3, 10, 16, -42, 29]) == sorted([-3, 10, 16, -42, 29]) True """ no_of_elements = len(lst) for i in range( 0, int(((no_of_elements - 1) / 2) + 1) ): # we dont need to traverse to end of list as for j in range(0, no_of_elements - 1): if ( lst[j + 1] < lst[j] ): # applying bubble sort algorithm from left to right (or forwards) temp = lst[j + 1] lst[j + 1] = lst[j] lst[j] = temp if ( lst[no_of_elements - 1 - j] < lst[no_of_elements - 2 - j] ): # applying bubble sort algorithm from right to left (or backwards) temp = lst[no_of_elements - 1 - j] lst[no_of_elements - 1 - j] = lst[no_of_elements - 2 - j] lst[no_of_elements - 2 - j] = temp return lst if __name__ == "__main__": print("enter the list to be sorted") lst = [int(x) for x in input().split()] # inputing elements of the list in one line sorted_lst = double_sort(lst) print("the sorted list is") print(sorted_lst)