# Quicksort import random # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23767787/python-implementation-of-quicksort-fails-to-sort-the-entire-array def quickSort(arr): less = [] pivotList = [] more = [] if len(arr) <= 1: return arr else: pivot = arr[0] for i in arr: if i < pivot: less.append(i) elif i > pivot: more.append(i) else: pivotList.append(i) less = quickSort(less) more = quickSort(more) return less + pivotList + more def mkRandList ( n ): a=[] for i in range(1,n+1): a.insert(0, random.randint(0,10000)) return a def validation(alist): for i in range(len(alist)-1): if (alist[i] > alist[i+1]): return False return True a = mkRandList(260000) b = quickSort(a) print(validation(b))