This notebook was prepared by Donne Martin. Source and license info is on GitHub.
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class InsertionSort(object):
def sort(self, data):
# TODO: Implement me
pass
The following unit test is expected to fail until you solve the challenge.
# %load test_insertion_sort.py
import unittest
class TestInsertionSort(unittest.TestCase):
def test_insertion_sort(self):
insertion_sort = InsertionSort()
print('None input')
self.assertRaises(TypeError, insertion_sort.sort, None)
print('Empty input')
self.assertEqual(insertion_sort.sort([]), [])
print('One element')
self.assertEqual(insertion_sort.sort([5]), [5])
print('Two or more elements')
data = [5, 1, 7, 2, 6, -3, 5, 7, -1]
self.assertEqual(insertion_sort.sort(data), sorted(data))
print('Success: test_insertion_sort')
def main():
test = TestInsertionSort()
test.test_insertion_sort()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
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