input: from typing import List
  
  def sort_ascending(nums: List[int]) -> List[int]:
      """
      Sort a list of integers in ascending order using a selection sort algorithm.
  
      >>> sort_ascending([64, 25, 12, 22, 11])
      [11, 12, 22, 25, 64]
      >>> sort_ascending([5, 3, 8, 6, 4])
      [3, 4, 5, 6, 8]
      """
      for i in range(len(nums)):
          min_idx = i
          for j in range(i + 1, len(nums)):
              if nums[min_idx] > nums[j]:
                  min_idx = j
          nums[i], nums[min_idx] = nums[min_idx], nums[i] 
      return nums
output:     for i in range(len(nums)):
          min_idx = i
          for j in range(i + 1, len(nums)):
              if nums[min_idx] > nums[j]:
                  min_idx = j
          nums[i], nums[min_idx] = nums[min_idx], nums[i] 
      return nums