Python/sorts/stooge_sort.py
Tan Kai Qun, Jeremy 28f1e68f00
Add typing (#9651)
Co-authored-by: Jeremy Tan <jeremytan@stripe.com>
2023-10-03 22:05:47 -04:00

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def stooge_sort(arr: list[int]) -> list[int]:
"""
Examples:
>>> stooge_sort([18.1, 0, -7.1, -1, 2, 2])
[-7.1, -1, 0, 2, 2, 18.1]
>>> stooge_sort([])
[]
"""
stooge(arr, 0, len(arr) - 1)
return arr
def stooge(arr: list[int], i: int, h: int) -> None:
if i >= h:
return
# If first element is smaller than the last then swap them
if arr[i] > arr[h]:
arr[i], arr[h] = arr[h], arr[i]
# If there are more than 2 elements in the array
if h - i + 1 > 2:
t = (int)((h - i + 1) / 3)
# Recursively sort first 2/3 elements
stooge(arr, i, (h - t))
# Recursively sort last 2/3 elements
stooge(arr, i + t, (h))
# Recursively sort first 2/3 elements
stooge(arr, i, (h - t))
if __name__ == "__main__":
user_input = input("Enter numbers separated by a comma:\n").strip()
unsorted = [int(item) for item in user_input.split(",")]
print(stooge_sort(unsorted))