""" 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 def quick_sort(ARRAY): """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] """ ARRAY_LENGTH = len(ARRAY) if( ARRAY_LENGTH <= 1): return ARRAY else: PIVOT = ARRAY[0] GREATER = [ element for element in ARRAY[1:] if element > PIVOT ] LESSER = [ element for element in ARRAY[1:] if element <= PIVOT ] return quick_sort(LESSER) + [PIVOT] + 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( quick_sort(unsorted) )