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small-projects/selective-sort.py
2019-06-26 08:53:47 +01:00

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# selective sort algorithm
# list to be sorted
original = [24, 10, 40, 28, 31, 9, 29, 42, 39, 19, 18, 37, 11, 14, 49, 47, 22, 16, 38, 6, 4, 27, 21, 48, 35, 23, 17, 1, 44, 25, 41, 2, 46, 30, 8, 50, 32, 5, 20, 33, 34, 26, 36, 12, 43, 15, 45, 7, 3, 13]
new = []
print("Original list:", original)
# sort through the list, finding the smallest number each time
for x in range(0, len(original)):
for i, item in enumerate(original):
if i == 0:
lowest = 0
elif original[i] < original[lowest]:
lowest = i
# remove the smallest number from the original list & add it to the new list
new.append(original.pop(lowest))
print("New list:", new)