def print_x_pattern(size):
    i,j = 0,size - 1

    while j >= 0 and i < size:

        initial_spaces = ' '*min(i,j)
        middle_spaces = ' '*(abs(i - j) - 1)
        final_spaces = ' '*(size - 1 - max(i,j))

        if j == i:
            print(initial_spaces + '*' + final_spaces)
        else:
            print(initial_spaces + '*' + middle_spaces + '*' + final_spaces)

        i += 1
        j -= 1

print_x_pattern(7)

import mysql.connector

mydb = mysql.connector.connect(
  host="localhost",
  user="yourusername",
  password="yourpassword"
)

mycursor = mydb.cursor()

mycursor.execute("CREATE DATABASE mydatabase")

def max_n(lst, n = 1):
  return sorted(lst, reverse = True)[:n]

max_n([1, 2, 3]) # [3]
max_n([1, 2, 3], 2) # [3, 2]

#Original
def output_json_log_data_to_file(filename, record_dictionary_list):
    with open(filename, 'w') as outputFile:
        for record in record_dictionary_list:
            json.dump(record, outputFile)
            outputFile.write('\n')


#Atomic
def output_json_log_data_to_file(filename, record_dictionary_list):
    # Use atomic file operations to prevent race conditions with readers
    # Write to temporary file first, then atomically rename to target file
    tmp_filename = filename + '.tmp'
    with open(tmp_filename, 'w') as outputFile:
        for record in record_dictionary_list:
            json.dump(record, outputFile)
            outputFile.write('\n')
    # Atomic rename - this prevents readers from seeing partial writes
    shutil.move(tmp_filename, filename)

def clamp_number(num, a, b):
  return max(min(num, max(a, b)), min(a, b))
  
clamp_number(2, 3, 5) # 3
clamp_number(1, -1, -5) # -1

print("test")