Radix Sort Python
def radixSort(inputArray, base = None):
"""Sort elements by powers using buckets to store lists based on integer columns"""
if base is None:
base = 10 ## For decimals
## Check for the non negative number as this method is only applicable for non negative numbers
assert len({i <= 0 for i in inputArray}) == 1, 'Non negative numbers in the list'
n = 0
max_digit = len(str(max(inputArray))) # find max number and get length of digits
while max_digit > n:
bucket = [[] for _ in range(10)] # create buckets (2D array), 10 is used as we are using decimal and distinct value of last digit is 10
for i in inputArray:
bucket[i//(base**n)%10].append(i) # put corrensponding numbers in bucket
index = 0
for i in range(len(bucket)): # loop through bucket
stage_two = bucket[i] # find lists of numbers in bucket
for nums in stage_two:
inputArray[index] = nums # add sorted list back into original list
index += 1
n += 1 # increasing the power of n
return inputArray
## Terst Case
assert radixSort([170, 45, 75, 90, 2, 802, 2, 66]) == [2, 2, 45, 66, 75, 90, 170, 802], "The radix sort failed"
Jeevan Shrestha