""" Binary Search Algorithm 
----------------------------------------
"""
#iterative implementation of binary search in Python
def binary_search(a_list, item):
    """Performs iterative binary search to find the position of an integer in a given, sorted, list.
    a_list -- sorted list of integers
    item -- integer you are searching for the position of
    """
    first = 0
    last = len(a_list) - 1
    while first <= last:
        i = (first + last) / 2
        if a_list[i] == item:
            return ' found at position '.format(item=item, i=i)
        elif a_list[i] > item:
            last = i - 1
        elif a_list[i] < item:
            first = i + 1
        else:
            return ' not found in the list'.format(item=item)
#recursive implementation of binary search in Python
def binary_search_recursive(a_list, item):
    """Performs recursive binary search of an integer in a given, sorted, list.
    a_list -- sorted list of integers
    item -- integer you are searching for the position of
    """
    first = 0
    last = len(a_list) - 1
    if len(a_list) == 0:
        return ' was not found in the list'.format(item=item)
    else:
        i = (first + last) // 2
        if item == a_list[i]:
            return ' found'.format(item=item)
        else:
            if a_list[i] < item:
                return binary_search_recursive(a_list[i+1:], item)
            else:
                return binary_search_recursive(a_list[:i], item)

# Python program for implementation of Selection
# Sort
import sys
A = [64, 25, 12, 22, 11]

# Traverse through all array elements
for i in range(len(A)):
	
	# Find the minimum element in remaining
	# unsorted array
	min_idx = i
	for j in range(i+1, len(A)):
		if A[min_idx] > A[j]:
			min_idx = j
			
	# Swap the found minimum element with
	# the first element		
	A[i], A[min_idx] = A[min_idx], A[i]

# Driver code to test above
print ("Sorted array")
for i in range(len(A)):
	print("%d" %A[i]),

string

x[cat_var].isnull().sum().sort_values(ascending=False)

# Python program for implementation of Bogo Sort
import random

# Sorts array a[0..n-1] using Bogo sort
def bogoSort(a):
	n = len(a)
	while (is_sorted(a)== False):
		shuffle(a)

# To check if array is sorted or not
def is_sorted(a):
	n = len(a)
	for i in range(0, n-1):
		if (a[i] > a[i+1] ):
			return False
	return True

# To generate permuatation of the array
def shuffle(a):
	n = len(a)
	for i in range (0,n):
		r = random.randint(0,n-1)
		a[i], a[r] = a[r], a[i]

# Driver code to test above
a = [3, 2, 4, 1, 0, 5]
bogoSort(a)
print("Sorted array :")
for i in range(len(a)):
	print ("%d" %a[i]),