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+
+# coding: utf-8
+
+# In[50]:
+
+
+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))
+