Python Program for Insertion Sort

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Python Program for Insertion Sort

Insertion sort is a simple sorting algorithm that works the way we sort playing cards in our hands.

# Python program for implementation of Insertion Sort
 
# Function to do insertion sort
def insertionSort(arr):
 
    # Traverse through 1 to len(arr)
    for i in range(1, len(arr)):
 
        key = arr[i]
 
        # Move elements of arr[0..i-1], that are
        # greater than key, to one position ahead
        # of their current position
        j = i-1
        while j >=0 and key < arr[j] :
                arr[j+1] = arr[j]
                j -= 1
        arr[j+1] = key
 
 
# Driver code to test above
arr = [12, 11, 13, 5, 6]
insertionSort(arr)
print ("Sorted array is:")
for i in range(len(arr)):
    print ("%d" %arr[i])
 

Output:

Sorted array is:
5
6
11
12
13

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