Adding quick sort variant where random pivot point is chosen

sorts/random_pivot_quick_sort.py

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+"""
+Picks the random index as the pivot
+"""
+import random
+
+def partition(A, left_index, right_index):
+    pivot = A[left_index]
+    i = left_index + 1
+    for j in range(left_index + 1, right_index):
+        if A[j] < pivot:
+            A[j], A[i] = A[i], A[j]
+            i += 1
+    A[left_index], A[i - 1] = A[i - 1], A[left_index]
+    return i - 1
+
+def quick_sort_random(A, left, right):
+    if left < right:
+        pivot = random.randint(left, right - 1)
+        A[pivot], A[left] = A[left], A[pivot] #switches the pivot with the left most bound
+        pivot_index = partition(A, left, right)
+        quick_sort_random(A, left, pivot_index) #recursive quicksort to the left of the pivot point
+        quick_sort_random(A, pivot_index + 1, right) #recursive quicksort to the right of the pivot point
+
+def main():
+    user_input = input('Enter numbers separated by a comma:\n').strip()
+    arr = [int(item) for item in user_input.split(',')]
+
+    quick_sort_random(arr, 0, len(arr))
+
+    print(arr)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()