pythonshellsort

Shell sort shows "list index out of range" and I can't figure that out


I write a shell sort in python it shows list index out of range, and I didn't find the problem

def shellSort(arr):
    #choice the proper h to start
    N=len(arr)
    h=1    
    while h<N//3:
        h=h*3+1

    while h >0:
        for i in (h,len(arr)):
            key=arr[i]
            j=i-h
            while arr[j]>key and j>=0:
                arr[j+h]=arr[j]
                j-=h
            arr[j+h]=key
        h=h//3

#start sorting
arr=[15,5,9,8,17,25,1,63,2,45,62,4,12,8]
shellSort(arr)
print(arr)

Solution

  • for i in (h,len(arr) - 1):
    

    Note that it is 0-indexed.