def counting_sort(arr): """ Counting_sort Sorting a array which has no element greater than k Creating a new temp_arr,where temp_arr[i] contain the number of element less than or equal to i in the arr Then placing the number i into a correct position in the result_arr return the result_arr Complexity: 0(n) """ m = min(arr) # in case there are negative elements, change the array to all positive element different = 0 if m < 0: # save the change, so that we can convert the array back to all positive number different = -m for i in range(len(arr)): arr[i] += -m k = max(arr) temp_arr = [0] * (k + 1) for i in range(0, len(arr)): temp_arr[arr[i]] = temp_arr[arr[i]] + 1 # temp_array[i] contain the times the number i appear in arr for i in range(1, k + 1): temp_arr[i] = temp_arr[i] + temp_arr[i - 1] # temp_array[i] contain the number of element less than or equal i in arr result_arr = arr.copy() # creating a result_arr an put the element in a correct positon for i in range(len(arr) - 1, -1, -1): result_arr[temp_arr[arr[i]] - 1] = arr[i] - different temp_arr[arr[i]] = temp_arr[arr[i]] - 1 return result_arr