help how to sort a list in order of 'n' in python without using inbuilt functions??

Chris Angelico rosuav at gmail.com
Sat May 25 01:24:01 EDT 2013


On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 3:15 PM,  <lokeshkoppaka at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Friday, May 24, 2013 1:34:51 PM UTC+5:30, lokesh... at gmail.com wrote:
>> i need to write a code which can sort the list in order of 'n' without use builtin functions
>>
>> can anyone help me how to do?
>
>  Note:
> the list only contains 0's,1's,2's
> need to sort them in order of 'n'

In that case, you're not really ordering them, you're counting them.
Look at the collections module; you can very easily figure out how
many of each there are, and then reconstruct the list afterward.

ChrisA



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