"prasad rao" <prasadarao...@gmail.com> wrote
a=[21,56,35,47,94,12]
b=[]
for x in a:
b.append (min(a))
a.remove (min(a))
It is not Compleating .Doing only 3 rounds.Why?
Think about what is happening.
for x in a
x takes the next value of x after each iteration.
Each iteration reduces the size of a so after 3 iterations
x will be the 3rd value and there are only 3 values left.
So x is at the end of the list and the loop stops.
So as Mark said, don't change the list while iterating over
it - its a bit like cutting off the branch of the tree that you
are sitting on!
But why are you trying to sort in this fashion? Its
extremely inefficient compared to using the built in
methods.
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