diff --git a/selection sort b/selection sort
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+++ b/selection sort	
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+x = int(input("enter num of elem: "))
+l=[]
+for i in range(x):
+  b=int(input("enter elements: "))
+  a = l.append(b)
+i = 0
+while i<len(a):
+    #smallest element in the sublist
+    smallest = min(a[i:])
+    #index of smallest element
+    index_of_smallest = a.index(smallest)
+    #swapping
+    a[i],a[index_of_smallest] = a[index_of_smallest],a[i]
+    i=i+1
+print (a)