""" A pure Python implementation of the quick sort algorithm For doctests run following command: python3 -m doctest -v quick_sort.py For manual testing run: python3 quick_sort.py """ from typing import List def quick_sort(collection: list) -> list: """A pure Python implementation of quick sort algorithm :param collection: a mutable collection of comparable items :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, 0, -45]) [-45, -2, 0, 5] """ if len(collection) < 2: return collection pivot = collection.pop() # Use the last element as the first pivot greater: List[int] = [] # All elements greater than pivot lesser: List[int] = [] # All elements less than or equal to pivot for element in collection: (greater if element > pivot else lesser).append(element) return quick_sort(lesser) + [pivot] + quick_sort(greater) if __name__ == "__main__": user_input = input("Enter numbers separated by a comma:\n").strip() unsorted = [int(item) for item in user_input.split(",")] print(quick_sort(unsorted))