python data structures sorting refers to arranging data in particular format sorting algorithm specifies the way to arrange data in particular order most common orders are in numerical or lexicographical order the importance of sorting lies in the fact that data searching can be optimized to very high levelif data is stored in sorted manner sorting is also used to represent data in more readable formats below we see five such implementations of sorting in python bubble sort merge sort insertion sort shell sort selection sort bubble sort it is comparison-based algorithm in which each pair of adjacent elements is compared and the elements are swapped if they are not in order def bubblesort(list)swap the elements to arrange in order for iter_num in range(len(list)- , ,- )for idx in range(iter_num)if list[idx]>list[idx+ ]temp list[idxlist[idxlist[idx+ list[idx+ temp list [ , , , , , , , bubblesort(listprint(listwhen the above code is executedit produces the following result[