my_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
removed_element = my_list.pop(2)  # Remove and return element at index 2
print(removed_element)  # 3
print(my_list)  # [1, 2, 4, 5]

last_element = my_list.pop()  # Remove and return the last element
print(last_element)  # 5
print(my_list)  # [1, 2, 4]

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]

# function which return reverse of a string
def isPalindrome(s):
    return s == s[::-1]
 
# Driver code
s = "malayalam"
ans = isPalindrome(s)
 
if ans:
    print("Yes")
else:
    print("No")

def sum_of_powers(end, power = 2, start = 1):
  return sum([(i) ** power for i in range(start, end + 1)])

sum_of_powers(10) # 385
sum_of_powers(10, 3) # 3025
sum_of_powers(10, 3, 5) # 2925

# Python Program to calculate the square root

num = float(input('Enter a number: '))

num_sqrt = num ** 0.5
print('The square root of %0.3f is %0.3f'%(num ,num_sqrt))

""" Currency Converter
----------------------------------------
"""
import urllib.request
import json
def currency_converter(currency_from, currency_to, currency_input):
    yql_base_url = "https://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql"
    yql_query = 'select%20*%20from%20yahoo.finance.xchange%20where%20pair' \
                '%20in%20("'+currency_from+currency_to+'")'
    yql_query_url = yql_base_url + "?q=" + yql_query + "&format=json&env=store%3A%2F%2Fdatatables.org%2Falltableswithkeys"
    try:
        yql_response = urllib.request.urlopen(yql_query_url)
        try:
            json_string = str(yql_response.read())
            json_string = json_string[2:
            json_string = json_string[:-1]
            print(json_string)
            yql_json = json.loads(json_string)
            last_rate = yql_json['query']['results']['rate']['Rate']
            currency_output = currency_input * float(last_rate)
            return currency_output
        except (ValueError, KeyError, TypeError):
            print(yql_query_url)
            return "JSON format error"
    except IOError as e:
        print(str(e))
currency_input = 1
#currency codes : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217
currency_from = "USD"
currency_to = "TRY"
rate = currency_converter(currency_from, currency_to, currency_input)
print(rate)