#!/usr/bin/env python
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# Copyright (C) 2007 Ryan Kavanagh #
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def maximum(list_of_numbers):
""" Returns a list of ordered numbers, without using list.sort()
Written in order to understand how list.sort() works.
"""
length = len(list_of_numbers)
ordered_list = list_of_numbers[0]
for place, item in zip(range(length), list_of_numbers):
print place, item
if item <= ordered_list[place]:
## /home/ryan/orderedlist.py in maximum(list_of_numbers)
## 25 for place, item in zip(range(length), list_of_numbers):
## 26 print place, item
##---> 27 if item <= ordered_list[place]:
## 28 pass
## 29 else:
##
##TypeError: unsubscriptable object
##
## What is happening? Shouldn't item be compared to the number in the list?
pass
else:
ordered_list.isert(place, item)