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Quicksort implementation in Python
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""" Quicksort implementation """ | |
def quicksort(arr): | |
""" Quicksort a list | |
:type arr: list | |
:param arr: List to sort | |
:returns: list -- Sorted list | |
""" | |
if not arr: | |
return [] | |
pivots = [x for x in arr if x == arr[0]] | |
lesser = quicksort([x for x in arr if x < arr[0]]) | |
greater = quicksort([x for x in arr if x > arr[0]]) | |
return [lesser] + pivots + [greater] |
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