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)))