diff --git a/python/radixsort.py b/python/radixsort.py
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+
+def countingSort(arr, exp1):
+
+	n = len(arr)
+
+	
+	output = [0] * (n)
+
+	
+	count = [0] * (10)
+
+
+	for i in range(0, n):
+		index = (arr[i]/exp1)
+		count[int((index)%10)] += 1
+
+	
+	for i in range(1,10):
+		count[i] += count[i-1]
+
+	
+	i = n-1
+	while i>=0:
+		index = (arr[i]/exp1)
+		output[ count[ int((index)%10) ] - 1] = arr[i]
+		count[int((index)%10)] -= 1
+		i -= 1
+
+	
+	i = 0
+	for i in range(0,len(arr)):
+		arr[i] = output[i]
+
+
+def radixSort(arr):
+
+	
+	max1 = max(arr)
+
+	
+	exp = 1
+	while max1/exp > 0:
+		countingSort(arr,exp)
+		exp *= 10
+
+
+arr = [ 170, 45, 75, 90, 802, 24, 2, 66]
+radixSort(arr)
+
+for i in range(len(arr)):
+	print(arr[i],end=" ")
+
+