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    <p>Specs: Ubuntu 13.04, Python 3.3.1 </p> <p>Background: total beginner to Python, came across this "manual sorting" problem. </p> <p>What I was asked to do: "Have the user enter 3 numeric values and store them in 3 different variables. Without using lists or sorting algorithms, manually sort these 3 numbers from smallest to largest." </p> <p>What I was able to come up with: </p> <pre><code>number = input("Please enter 3 numbers: ") number = list(number) a = int(number[0]) b = int(number[1]) c = int(number[2]) new_l = [] if a &gt; b and a &gt; c: new_l.append(a) if b &gt; c: new_l.append(b) new_l.append(c) else: new_l.append(c) new_l.append(b) print(new_l) if b &gt; a and b &gt; c: new_l.append(b) if a &gt; c: new_l.append(a) new_l.append(c) else: new_l.append(c) new_l.append(a) print(new_l) if c &gt; a and c &gt; b: new_l.append(c) if a &gt; b: new_l.append(a) else: new_l.append(b) new_l.append(a) print(new_l) </code></pre> <p>So my question is: I realize that my solution is extremely limited. First it can only process 3 single digit numbers since once the input string is converted into a list, there is no way to break all digits correctly into individual numbers the user intended. Second,by using this solution, the coder is forced to enumerates all possible scenarios for the 3 numbers to compare with each other, which could be very inflexible if say, the script were to be changed to accepting user input of 100+ numbers.</p> <p>If you could share some guidance regarding the question above, or regarding how to solve this problem in a different way, I'll be very greatful! Thank you. </p>
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    1. CO"*Without using lists or sorting algorithms*": So you want to sort something without sorting it?
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    2. COThe way I understood the question is that we are asked not to use .sort() method or sorted() function, but to sort the list of number manually?
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    3. COBut it says that you can't use lists either, so how are you going to store the numbers?
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