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Add Shell Sort Algorithm
Describe your change:
- [x] Add an algorithm
- [ ] Fix a bug or typo in an existing algorithm
- [ ] Add or change doctests?
- [ ] Documentation change
Checklist:
- [x] I have read CONTRIBUTING.md.
- [x] This pull request is all my own work -- I have not plagiarized.
- [x] I know that pull requests will not be merged if they fail the automated tests.
- [x] This PR only changes one algorithm file. To ease review, I opened a separate PR for this algorithm only.
- [x] All new Python files are placed inside an existing directory (
sorts/). - [x] All filenames are in all lowercase characters with no spaces or dashes (
shell_sort.py). - [x] All functions and variable names follow Python naming conventions.
- [x] All function parameters and return values are annotated with Python type hints.
- [x] All functions have doctests that pass the automated testing.
- [x] This algorithm includes a reference link to Wikipedia (Shell Sort explanation).
- [ ] Fixes #ISSUE-NUMBER (optional — only check if you linked an issue)