# A Look at Insertion Sort | kirupa.com

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**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [December 26, 2014, 8:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-look-at-insertion-sort-kirupa-com/449395 "2014-12-26T08:12:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 8:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-look-at-insertion-sort-kirupa-com/449395/1 "2014-12-26T08:12:07Z")

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by [kirupa](http://www.kirupa.com/me/index.htm) | 14 December 2014

A fun sorting algorithm is insertion sort. Have you ever played cards and needed to sort the cards in your hand?

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [http://www.kirupa.com/sorts/insertionsort.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/sorts/insertionsort.htm)