quicksort for beginners python code example

Example 1: quicksort code in python

#this function is for getting correct position of pivot
def pivot_place(list1,first,last):
    pivot = list1[first]
    left = first + 1
    right = last

    while True :

        while left <= right and  list1[left] <= pivot :
            left += 1
        while left<=right and list1[right] >= pivot:
            right -= 1

        if right < left :
            break
        else:
            list1[left],list1[right] = list1[right],list1[left]
    list1[first],list1[right] = list1[right],list1[first]

    return right
def quicksort(list1,first,last):
    if first < last :
        p = pivot_place(list1,first,last)
        quicksort(list1,first,p-1)
        quicksort(list1,p+1,last)
n = int(input("How many elements you want : "))
list1 = [int(input("Enter elements : ")) for x in range(n)]
quicksort(list1,0,n - 1)
print(list1)

Example 2: quicksort in python

def partition(arr, low, high):
    i = (low-1)         
    pivot = arr[high]   
 
	for j in range(low, high):
        if arr[j] <= pivot:
 
            i = i+1
            arr[i], arr[j] = arr[j], arr[i]
 
    arr[i+1], arr[high] = arr[high], arr[i+1]
    return (i+1)
 
def quickSort(arr, low, high):
    if len(arr) == 1:
        return arr
    if low < high:
        pi = partition(arr, low, high)
 
		quickSort(arr, low, pi-1)
        quickSort(arr, pi+1, high)
 
arr = [10, 7, 8, 9, 1, 5]
n = len(arr)
quickSort(arr, 0, n-1)
print("Sorted array is:")
for i in range(n):
    print("%d" % arr[i]),