Selection Sort in Python (#249)

Selection Sort in Python

Author: piyush6348

Sorting/selection sort.py

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+#Sorting a list in Ascending Order using Selection Sort
+
+#Selection sort function
+def selection_sort(alist):
+    for i in range(0, len(alist) - 1):
+        small = i
+        for j in range(i + 1, len(alist)):
+            if alist[j] < alist[small]:
+                small = j
+        alist[i], alist[small] = alist[small], alist[i]
+
+#  Taking a list of space seperated numbers from user  
+alist = input('Enter the list of numbers: ').split()
+alist = [int(x) for x in alist]
+selection_sort(alist)
+print('Sorted list: ', end='')
+print(alist)