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80 changes: 80 additions & 0 deletions sorts/circle_sort.py
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"""
This is a Python implementation of the circle sort algorithm

For doctests run following command:
python3 -m doctest -v circle_sort.py

For manual testing run:
python3 circle_sort.py
"""


def circle_sort(collection: list) -> list:
"""A pure Python implementation of circle sort algorithm

:param collection: a mutable collection of comparable items in any order
:return: the same collection in ascending order

Examples:
>>> circle_sort([0, 5, 3, 2, 2])
[0, 2, 2, 3, 5]
>>> circle_sort([])
[]
>>> circle_sort([-2, 5, 0, -45])
[-45, -2, 0, 5]
>>> collections = ([], [0, 5, 3, 2, 2], [-2, 5, 0, -45])
>>> all(sorted(collection) == circle_sort(collection) for collection in collections)
True
"""

if len(collection) < 2:
return collection

def circle_sort_util(collection: list, low: int, high: int) -> bool:
swapped = False

if low == high:
return swapped

left = low
right = high

while left < right:
if collection[left] > collection[right]:
collection[left], collection[right] = (
collection[right],
collection[left],
)
swapped = True

left += 1
right -= 1

if left == right:
if collection[left] > collection[right + 1]:
collection[left], collection[right + 1] = (
collection[right + 1],
collection[left],
)

swapped = True

mid = low + int((high - low) / 2)
left_swap = circle_sort_util(collection, low, mid)
right_swap = circle_sort_util(collection, mid + 1, high)

return swapped or left_swap or right_swap

is_not_sorted = True

while is_not_sorted == True:
is_not_sorted = circle_sort_util(collection, 0, len(collection) - 1)

return collection


# hard coded driver function to run the program
if __name__ == "__main__":
user_input = input("Enter numbers separated by a comma:\n").strip()
unsorted = [int(item) for item in user_input.split(",")]
print(circle_sort(unsorted))