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+#selction sort
+n=int(input("Enter the number of elements u want in the list to sort"))
+list=[]
+for i in range(0,n):
+    element=int(input("ENter the element for the list"))
+    list.append(element)
+print("before sorting")
+print(list)
+for i in range(0,len(list)-1):
+    minindex=i
+    for j in range(i+1,len(list)):
+        if list[j]<list[minindex]:
+            minindex=j
+    if minindex!=i:
+        list[minindex],list[i]=list[i],list[minindex]
+print("after sorting")
+print(list)