diff --git a/bubblesort.py b/bubblesort.py
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+# bubble sort
+# list = 71,5,34,56,3,19
+
+def bubbleSort(list):
+    for passnum in range(len(list)-1,0,-1):
+        for i in range(passnum):
+            if list[i]>list[i+1]:
+                temp=list[i]
+                list[i]=list[i+1]
+                list[i+1]=temp
+
+
+alist= list()
+number=raw_input("enter the elements")
+
+for i in range(int(number)):
+    n=raw_input("number: ")
+    alist.append(int(n))
+
+print "the unsorted array"
+
+print alist
+
+bubbleSort(alist);
+
+print "sorted array"
+
+print alist
+