diff --git a/algorithms/Python/sorting/counting-sort.py b/algorithms/Python/sorting/counting-sort.py
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+def countSort(arr):
+	output = [0 for i in range(len(arr))]
+	count = [0 for i in range(256)]
+	ans = ["" for _ in arr]
+	for i in arr:
+		count[ord(i)] += 1
+	for i in range(256):
+		count[i] += count[i-1]
+	for i in range(len(arr)):
+		output[count[ord(arr[i])]-1] = arr[i]
+		count[ord(arr[i])] -= 1
+	for i in range(len(arr)):
+		ans[i] = output[i]
+	return ans
+arr = "geeksforgeeks"
+ans = countSort(arr)
+print("Sorted character array is % s" %("".join(ans)))