Updated Selection Sort (#10855)

* Update selection_sort.py

* Update selection_sort.py

Author: nababuddin

Diff for: sorts/selection_sort.py

@@ -1,22 +1,9 @@
-"""
-This is a pure Python implementation of the selection sort algorithm
-
-For doctests run following command:
-python -m doctest -v selection_sort.py
-or
-python3 -m doctest -v selection_sort.py
-
-For manual testing run:
-python selection_sort.py
-"""
-
-
 def selection_sort(collection: list[int]) -> list[int]:
-    """Pure implementation of the selection sort algorithm in Python
-    :param collection: some mutable ordered collection with heterogeneous
-    comparable items inside
-    :return: the same collection ordered by ascending
+    """
+    Sorts a list in ascending order using the selection sort algorithm.
 
+    :param collection: A list of integers to be sorted.
+    :return: The sorted list.
 
     Examples:
     >>> selection_sort([0, 5, 3, 2, 2])
@@ -31,16 +18,17 @@ def selection_sort(collection: list[int]) -> list[int]:
 
     length = len(collection)
     for i in range(length - 1):
-        least = i
+        min_index = i
         for k in range(i + 1, length):
-            if collection[k] < collection[least]:
-                least = k
-        if least != i:
-            collection[least], collection[i] = (collection[i], collection[least])
+            if collection[k] < collection[min_index]:
+                min_index = k
+        if min_index != i:
+            collection[i], collection[min_index] = collection[min_index], collection[i]
     return collection
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     user_input = input("Enter numbers separated by a comma:\n").strip()
     unsorted = [int(item) for item in user_input.split(",")]
-    print(selection_sort(unsorted))
+    sorted_list = selection_sort(unsorted)
+    print("Sorted List:", sorted_list)