The Algorithms - Python

All algorithms implemented in Python - for education 📚

Implementations are for learning purposes only. They may be less efficient than the implementations in the Python standard library. Use them at your discretion.

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Here’s how you can clone this repository and run algorithms locally:

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python.git
   cd Python

2. Run an algorithm python3 path/to/algorithm.py
3. Use the interactive Python shell python3

from algorithms.category import algorithm_name algorithm_name(arguments)

4. Run doctests to verify correctness python3 -m doctest -v path/to/algorithm.py