def stooge_sort(arr): """ >>> arr = [2, 4, 5, 3, 1] >>> stooge_sort(arr) >>> print(arr) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] """ stooge(arr,0,len(arr)-1) def stooge(arr, i, h): if i >= h: return # If first element is smaller than the last then swap them if arr[i]>arr[h]: arr[i], arr[h] = arr[h], arr[i] # If there are more than 2 elements in the array if h-i+1 > 2: t = (int)((h-i+1)/3) # Recursively sort first 2/3 elements stooge(arr, i, (h-t)) # Recursively sort last 2/3 elements stooge(arr, i+t, (h)) # Recursively sort first 2/3 elements stooge(arr, i, (h-t))