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18 changes: 15 additions & 3 deletions sorts/double_sort.py
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from typing import Any
from typing import Protocol


def double_sort(collection: list[Any]) -> list[Any]:
class Comparable(Protocol):
def __lt__(self, other: object, /) -> bool: ...


def double_sort[T: Comparable](collection: list[T]) -> list[T]:
"""This sorting algorithm sorts an array using the principle of bubble sort,
but does it both from left to right and right to left.
Hence, it's called "Double sort"
:param collection: mutable ordered sequence of elements
:param collection: mutable ordered sequence of comparable elements
:return: the same collection in ascending order
Examples:
>>> double_sort([-1 ,-2 ,-3 ,-4 ,-5 ,-6 ,-7])
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[-6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1]
>>> double_sort([-3, 10, 16, -42, 29]) == sorted([-3, 10, 16, -42, 29])
True
>>> double_sort(["c", "a", "b"])
['a', 'b', 'c']
>>> double_sort([2.5, -1, 0.0])
[-1, 0.0, 2.5]
>>> double_sort([1, "a"])
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
TypeError: '<' not supported between instances of 'str' and 'int'
"""
no_of_elements = len(collection)
for _ in range(
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