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def quicksort(array): | |
if len(array) < 2: | |
return array #Base case: arrays with 0 or 1 element are already “sorted.” | |
else: | |
pivot = array[0] #Recursive case | |
less = [i for i in array[1:] if i <= pivot] #Sub-array of all the elements less than the pivot | |
greater = [i for i in array[1:] if i > pivot] #Sub-array of all the elements greater than the pivot | |
result = quicksort(less) + [pivot] + quicksort(greater) | |
print(result) | |
return result | |
print (quicksort([10, 10,5, 2, 3])) |
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