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40 changes: 40 additions & 0 deletions CountSort.py
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# Python program for counting sort

# The main function that sort the given string arr[] in
# alphabetical order
def countSort(arr):

# The output character array that will have sorted arr
output = [0 for i in range(len(arr))]

# Create a count array to store count of individual
# characters and initialize count array as 0
count = [0 for i in range(256)]

# For storing the resulting answer since the
# string is immutable
ans = ["" for _ in arr]

# Store count of each character
for i in arr:
count[ord(i)] += 1

# Change count[i] so that count[i] now contains actual
# position of this character in output array
for i in range(256):
count[i] += count[i-1]

# Build the output character array
for i in range(len(arr)):
output[count[ord(arr[i])]-1] = arr[i]
count[ord(arr[i])] -= 1

# Copy the output array to arr, so that arr now
# contains sorted characters
for i in range(len(arr)):
ans[i] = output[i]
return ans
arr = "geeksforgeeks"
ans = countSort(arr)
print("Sorted character array is % s" %("".join(ans)))