input: from typing import List
  
  def sort_ascending(nums: List[int]) -> List[int]:
      """
      Sort a list of integers in ascending order using the selection sort algorithm.
      
      >>> sort_ascending([64, 25, 12, 22, 11])
      [11, 12, 22, 25, 64]
      >>> sort_ascending([3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9, 2, 6, 5, 3, 5])
      [1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 9]
      """
output:     for i in range(len(nums)):
          min_idx = i
          for j in range(i+1, len(nums)):
              if nums[j] < nums[min_idx]:
                  min_idx = j
          nums[i], nums[min_idx] = nums[min_idx], nums[i]
      return nums