mylist = [64, 34, 25, 5, 22, 11, 90, 12] n = len(mylist) for i in range(n-1): min_index = i for j in range(i+1, n): if mylist[j] < mylist[min_index]: min_index = j min_value = mylist.pop(min_index) mylist.insert(i, min_value) print(mylist)