Python: order a list of numbers without built-in sort, min, max function

Question

I am currently working with list format data and let's suppose I am having a list and I want to sort the elements from lowest to highest. How can I approach that?

The list: [-5, -23, 5, 0, 23, -6, 23, 67]

The desired list: [-23, -6, -5, 0, 5, 23, 23, 67]

This is the below code I have executed:

data_list = [-5, -23, 5, 0, 23, -6, 23, 67]

new_list = []

minimum = data_list[0]  # arbitrary number in list 

for x in data_list: 

  if x < minimum:

    minimum = value

    new_list.append(i)

However, the above goes through only once, and this is what I get:

new_list = [-23] 

This is where I am getting stuck. Kindly help me!!

Answer 1

You can use the while loop so that you can go inside the list and after that, you can simply create an empty list that will hold new sorted values, take the reference from the below code:

data_list = [-5, -23, 5, 0, 23, -6, 23, 67]

new_list = []

while data_list:

    minimum = data_list[0]  # arbitrary number in list 

    for x in data_list: 

        if x < minimum:

            minimum = x

    new_list.append(minimum)

    data_list.remove(minimum)    

print new_list

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