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+def insertionSort(arr): 
+  
+    # Traverse through 1 to len(arr) 
+    for i in range(1, len(arr)): 
+  
+        key = arr[i] 
+  
+        # Move elements of arr[0..i-1], that are 
+        # greater than key, to one position ahead 
+        # of their current position 
+        j = i-1
+        while j >=0 and key < arr[j] : 
+                arr[j+1] = arr[j] 
+                j -= 1
+        arr[j+1] = key 
+  
+  
+# Driver code to test above 
+arr = [12, 11, 13, 5, 6] 
+insertionSort(arr) 
+print ("Sorted array is:") 
+for i in range(len(arr)): 
+    print ("%d" %arr[i])