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+### Insertion Sort
+
+```py
+arr = [7,4,9,2,6,3]
+
+def insertionsort(arr):
+
+    for i in range(1, len(arr)):
+        key = arr[i]
+        j = i-1
+        while j>=0 and key < arr[j]:
+            arr[j+1] = arr[j]
+            j -= 1
+            arr[j+1] = key
+
+
+insertionsort(arr)
+print('modified %s'  %arr) # modified [2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9]
+```