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+Function square_sort in challenge_9.py takes one input, a list with numbers ranging from least to greatest, and may or may not contain positive integers, negative integers, or 0, but will not be empty, and returns an output list of 
+
+Completes unit test in an average of 0.0066 seconds.
+
+Uses Python 3.6.0
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diff --git a/challenge_9/python/slansford/src/challenge_9.py b/challenge_9/python/slansford/src/challenge_9.py
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+def square_sort(inputList):
+
+	pos = [i**2 for i in inputList if i >= 0]
+	neg = [i**2 for i in inputList if i < 0]
+	neg = neg[::-1]
+
+	outputList = []
+
+	while len(outputList) != len(inputList):
+
+		if not neg:
+			outputList += pos
+
+		elif not pos:
+			outputList += neg
+
+		elif pos[0] >= neg[0]:
+			outputList.append(neg[0])
+			neg.remove(neg[0])
+
+		else:
+			outputList.append(pos[0])
+			pos.remove(pos[0])
+
+	return outputList
diff --git a/challenge_9/python/slansford/src/test.py b/challenge_9/python/slansford/src/test.py
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+import unittest
+import time
+from challenge_9 import square_sort
+
+
+class Tests(unittest.TestCase):
+
+	def test1(self):
+		t1 = time.time()
+		self.assertEqual(square_sort([-3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3]),[0, 1, 1, 4, 4, 9, 9])
+		t2 = time.time()
+		print('Runtime test1: ' + str(t2-t1))
+
+	def test2(self):
+		t1 = time.time()
+		self.assertEqual(square_sort([4, 5, 6]),[16, 25, 36])
+		t2 = time.time()
+		print('Runtime test1: ' + str(t2-t1))
+
+	def test3(self):
+		t1 = time.time()
+		self.assertEqual(square_sort([-11, -10, -9]),[81, 100, 121])
+		t2 = time.time()
+		print('Runtime test1: ' + str(t2-t1))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+	unittest.main()
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