排序

def sort(array=[12,4,5,6,7,3,1,15]):
    """Sort the array by using quicksort."""

    less = []
    equal = []
    greater = []

    if len(array) > 1:
        pivot = array[0]
        for x in array:
            if x < pivot:
                less.append(x)
            elif x == pivot:
                equal.append(x)
            elif x > pivot:
                greater.append(x)
        # Don't forget to return something!
        return sort(less)+equal+sort(greater)  # Just use the + operator to join lists
    # Note that you want equal ^^^^^ not pivot
    else:  # You need to handle the part at the end of the recursion - when you only have one element in your array, just return the array.
        return array

def quicksort(arr):
    if len(arr) < 2:
        return arr #base case
    else:
        pivot = arr[0]
        less = [i for i in arr[1:] if i <= pivot] 
        more = [i for i in arr[1:] if i > pivot]
        return quicksort(less) + [pivot] + quicksort(more)

smaller = lambda xs, y: filter(lambda x: x <= y, xs)
larger = lambda xs, y: filter(lambda x: x > y, xs)
qsort = lambda xs: qsort(smaller(xs[1:],xs[0])) + [xs[0]] + qsort(larger(xs[1:],xs[0])) if xs != [] else []

print qsort([3,1,4,2,5]) == [1,2,3,4,5]

def qsort(arr):
    if len(arr) <= 1:
        return arr
    else:
        return qsort([x for x in arr[1:] if x < arr[0]])
        + [arr[0]]
        + qsort([x for x in arr[1:] if x >= arr[0]])