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Why does my code work?

I tried to implement a bubble sort, but I do not understand how the code works without doing additional 'sweeps' (in the event the numbers are not sorted within a single pass.) https://code.sololearn.com/cBAb6vxOo3ES/?ref=app

17th Feb 2020, 7:09 PM
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a.sort() actually sorts your list a inplace. That means it is automatically sorting it - not your algorithm. Change to if sorted(a) == a: ...
17th Feb 2020, 7:19 PM
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Yeah, as ~ swim ~ said, something like this: while sorted(a) != a: for ...
17th Feb 2020, 8:36 PM
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Ok cool I was worried about it terminating too soon so I should use a while loop then
17th Feb 2020, 8:50 PM
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Thanks for the assist- I updated my code to reflect how many sweeps it took to complete also updated code as it was counting each swap and not an entire for loop as a round
18th Feb 2020, 4:51 PM
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Noted and updated- now my code is back to not working like it should be :)
17th Feb 2020, 8:06 PM
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