""" 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 __future__ import annotations from random import randrange from typing import Any, Protocol class Comparable(Protocol): def __lt__(self, other: Any, /) -> bool: ... def quick_sort[T: Comparable](collection: list[T]) -> list[T]: """A pure Python implementation of quicksort algorithm. :param collection: a mutable collection of comparable items :return: the same collection ordered in ascending order 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] >>> quick_sort(["z", "a", "m", "b"]) ['a', 'b', 'm', 'z'] >>> quick_sort([3.14, -1.0, 2.71]) [-1.0, 2.71, 3.14] >>> quick_sort([0, 5, 3, 2, 2]) == sorted([0, 5, 3, 2, 2]) True >>> quick_sort(["z", "a", "m"]) == sorted(["z", "a", "m"]) True """ if len(collection) < 2: return collection pivot_index = randrange(len(collection)) pivot = collection[pivot_index] lesser = [item for item in collection if item < pivot] equal = [item for item in collection if item == pivot] greater = [item for item in collection if item > pivot] return [*quick_sort(lesser), *equal, *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))