{"id":6444,"date":"2019-12-23T13:40:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T13:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/holypython.com\/?p=6444"},"modified":"2021-03-28T13:15:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T13:15:07","slug":"insertion-sort-algorithm-python-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holypython.com\/insertion-sort-algorithm-python-code\/","title":{"rendered":"Insertion Sort Algorithm (Python Code)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6444\" class=\"elementor elementor-6444\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4aa78c95 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4aa78c95\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5acbd18b\" data-id=\"5acbd18b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6619ccd2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6619ccd2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-798ea2ce\" data-id=\"798ea2ce\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63588234 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"63588234\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-book-reader\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-11c50a7b\" data-id=\"11c50a7b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71980e5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"71980e5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Algorithm: Insertion Sort<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f27e389 elementor-align-left elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"7f27e389\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-code\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>FUNCTION<\/b>: Sorting<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plane-departure\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>PERFORMANCE<\/b>:      <i>\u041e<\/i>(<i>n<\/i><sup>2<\/sup>)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-folder\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>DESIGN CATEGORY<\/b>: In Place<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>FOUNDED IN<\/b>: Ancient<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-user-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>FOUNDED BY<\/b>: Anonymous<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-03e1ca6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"03e1ca6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-78a86a6\" data-id=\"78a86a6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-911d4f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"911d4f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Insertion sort works by taking one item at a time and finding a more suitable location for it. This iteration continues until there is no element to sort.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2bf154d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2bf154d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2660361\" data-id=\"2660361\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24c8f05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24c8f05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">STEP BY STEP<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d7e482 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1d7e482\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"383\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/holypython.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/insertion_sort_scheme-Custom-383x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-Image Size 500x500 size-Image Size 500x500 wp-image-6809\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Insertion Sort in action<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd28442 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd28442\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Insertion sort is a very simple and basic algorithm and it performs relatively better in comparison to bubble sort and selection sort algorithms.<\/p><p>However, it&#8217;s not very efficient in general and so it won&#8217;t be suitable for large datasets.\u00a0<\/p><p>You can see an illustrated scheme showing how insertion sort algorithm proceeds step by step below.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8f67566 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8f67566\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-187f095\" data-id=\"187f095\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bda8f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5bda8f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">INSERTION SORT ALGORITHM CODE IN PYTHON<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e0c7db elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"3e0c7db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<pre rel='PYTHON'><code>def insertionsort(A):\r\n\r\n    for i in range(1, len(A)):\r\n        j = i\r\n        while j > 0 and A[j] < A[j - 1]:\r\n            swap(A, j, j - 1)\r\n            j -= 1\r\n            yield A\r\n            \r\ndef swap(A, i, j):\r\n    \"\"\"Helper function to swap elements i and j of list A.\"\"\"\r\n\r\n    if i != j:\r\n        A[i], A[j] = A[j], A[i]            \r\n            \r\n<\/code><\/pre>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ea20b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ea20b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Matplotlib has a great class called animation which can be used to generate animations and live charts as below:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2201d07 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2201d07\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e89550\" data-id=\"8e89550\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-83ccb14 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"83ccb14\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2864423\" data-id=\"2864423\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1275cb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1275cb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">INSERTION SORT ALGORITHM VISUALIZATION<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5583d83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5583d83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1368\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/holypython.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/insertionsort2.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6792\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Visualization of Insertion Sort Algorithm in action (25 items)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b28756 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b28756\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Using Python\u2019s animation class and FuncAnimation method you can visualize your sorting algorithm as it sorts a random data you throw at it.<\/p><p>This can be achieved by taking advantage of generators concept in your algorithm and using that iterable generator to create a graph with FuncAnimation. It might seem more complicated that it actually is so feel free to work on the code below.<\/p><p>The code is a simplified version that was originally published in Najam Syed\u2019s blog <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/nrsyed.com\/2018\/09\/27\/visualizing-sorting-algorithms-and-time-complexity-with-matplotlib\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fce6778 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"fce6778\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<pre rel=\"PYTHON\"><code>if __name__ == \"__main__\":\r\n\r\n    N = 25\r\n    A = [x + 1 for x in range(N)]\r\n    random.seed(time.time())\r\n    random.shuffle(A)\r\n    generator = insertionsort(A)\r\n\r\n    figure, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(19,15))\r\n    bar_rects = ax.bar(range(len(A)), A, width=0.3, align=\"edge\", color=\"green\")\r\n\r\n    \r\n    iteration = [0]\r\n    def update_figure(A, rects, iteration):\r\n        for rect, val in zip(rects, A):\r\n            rect.set_height(val)\r\n        iteration[0] += 1\r\n\r\n        \r\n    anim = animation.FuncAnimation(figure, func=update_figure,\r\n        fargs=(bar_rects, iteration), frames=generator, interval=100,\r\n        repeat=False)\r\n    plt.show()<\/code><\/pre>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f31f5f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f31f5f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"802\" src=\"https:\/\/holypython.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4Figure_1-1024x802.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6799\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/holypython.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4Figure_1-1024x802.png 1024w, https:\/\/holypython.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4Figure_1-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/holypython.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4Figure_1-768x602.png 768w, https:\/\/holypython.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4Figure_1.png 1368w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Collection sorted with Insertion Sort Algorithm<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algorithm: Insertion Sort FUNCTION: Sorting PERFORMANCE: \u041e(n2) DESIGN CATEGORY: In Place FOUNDED IN: Ancient FOUNDED BY: Anonymous Insertion sort works by taking one item at a time and finding a more suitable location for it. 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