merge_sort.py

def merge_sort(arr):
    if len(arr) <= 1:
        return arr

    mid = len(arr) // 2
    left_half = arr[:mid]
    right_half = arr[mid:]

    left_half = merge_sort(left_half)
    right_half = merge_sort(right_half)

    return merge(left_half, right_half)

def merge(left, right):
    merged = []
    left_index = 0
    right_index = 0

    while left_index < len(left) and right_index < len(right):
        if left[left_index] <= right[right_index]:
            merged.append(left[left_index])
            left_index += 1
        else:
            merged.append(right[right_index])
            right_index += 1

    while left_index < len(left):
        merged.append(left[left_index])
        left_index += 1

    while right_index < len(right):
        merged.append(right[right_index])
        right_index += 1

    return merged



list = [5,3,1,9,8,4,3,0,5,2]

print(merge_sort(list))

# Output: [0, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 8, 9]