jrtechs-RandomScripts/sorting/selectionSort.py

# coding: utf-8

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alist = [54,26,93,17,77,31,44,55,20]
def selectionSort(alist):
    for fillslot in range(len(alist)-1,0,-1):
       positionOfMax=0
       for location in range(1,fillslot+1):
            if alist[location]>alist[positionOfMax]:
                positionOfMax = location

       temp = alist[fillslot]
       alist[fillslot] = alist[positionOfMax]
       alist[positionOfMax] = temp
    return alist

print(selectionSort(alist))