diff --git a/sorts/recursive-quick-sort.py b/sorts/recursive-quick-sort.py
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+def quick_sort(data: list) -> list:
+    """
+    >>> for data in ([2, 1, 0], [2.2, 1.1, 0], "quick_sort"):
+    ...     quick_sort(data) == sorted(data)
+    True
+    True
+    True
+    """
+    if len(data) <= 1:
+        return data
+    else:
+        return (
+            quick_sort([e for e in data[1:] if e <= data[0]])
+            + [data[0]]
+            + quick_sort([e for e in data[1:] if e > data[0]])
+        )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import doctest
+
+    doctest.testmod()