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Insertion Sort

Insertion Sort

Insertion Sort

A Level Only – You are required to know how it works and be able to write Code / Pseudocode for the algorithm

Python Tutorial

Python Tutorial Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRsm6FmHp7M

Python Code

Python code

l = [7,11,3,1,2,5,6,9]

def insertion_sort(l):
    for outer_index in range(1,len(l)):
        
        current_item =  l[outer_index]
        inner_index = outer_index
        
        while inner_index > 0 and l[inner_index-1] > current_item:
            l[inner_index] = l[inner_index-1]
            inner_index -= 1
            
        l[inner_index] = current_item

        
insertion_sort(l)

print(l)

Pseudocode

Pseudocode

 

Resources

Student Walkthrough Google Sheets Example

Insertion Sort Python Animation

 

Go to File > Make a copy so that you can edit the sheet and practice the algorithm.