How to implement insertion sort in Python
Algorithm
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Choose a key, starting from index to , where is the length of the array.
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Keep swapping the key with all the larger values on its left side until a value less than or equal to the key occurs, or index is reached.
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Select the next index as the key. Repeat step 2.
Dry run
Set key = index 1
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Implementation
def insertion_sort(arr):for i in range(1, len(arr)):# Set key:key = arr[i]j = i - 1while j >= 0 and arr[j] > key:# Swap:arr[j + 1] = arr[j]arr[j] = key# Decrement 'j':j -= 1return arrarray = [5, 2, 12, 12, 1]print("Original array: %s" % array)print("Sorted array: %s" % insertion_sort(array))
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