How to implement selection sort in list where list elements are strings?

Question

a=['ram','ham','sal','david']
x=len(a)
for i in range(0,x):
small=i
for j in range(i+1,x):
if a[small]>a[j]:
small=a[j]
a[small],a[i]=a[i],a[small]
print(a)

This is my code but it doesn't work

Answer 1

You almost got it! Try changing lines 6-7 for this:

if a[small]>a[j]:
small = j

Answer 2

You’re welcome.
Happy coding!

Answer 3

Diego Acero thanks for your suggestions .it worked!

Answer 4

I havent tried strings yet, though I understand why how they are ordered, spoilers