my_list = ["blue", "red", "green"]

#1- Using sort or srted directly or with specifc keys
my_list.sort() #sorts alphabetically or in an ascending order for numeric data 
my_list = sorted(my_list, key=len) #sorts the list based on the length of the strings from shortest to longest. 
# You can use reverse=True to flip the order

#2- Using locale and functools 
import locale
from functools import cmp_to_key
my_list = sorted(my_list, key=cmp_to_key(locale.strcoll))

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]

from collections import defaultdict

def combine_values(*dicts):
  res = defaultdict(list)
  for d in dicts:
    for key in d:
      res[key].append(d[key])
  return dict(res)
  
d1 = {'a': 1, 'b': 'foo', 'c': 400}
d2 = {'a': 3, 'b': 200, 'd': 400}

combine_values(d1, d2) # {'a': [1, 3], 'b': ['foo', 200], 'c': [400], 'd': [400]}

def generate_floyds_triangle(num_rows):
    triangle = []
    number = 1
    for row in range(num_rows):
        current_row = []
        for _ in range(row + 1):
            current_row.append(number)
            number += 1
        triangle.append(current_row)
    return triangle


def display_floyds_triangle(triangle):
    for row in triangle:
        for number in row:
            print(number, end=" ")
        print()


# Prompt the user for the number of rows
num_rows = int(input("Enter the number of rows for Floyd's Triangle: "))

# Generate Floyd's Triangle
floyds_triangle = generate_floyds_triangle(num_rows)

# Display Floyd's Triangle
display_floyds_triangle(floyds_triangle)

import copy
begining = [False,False,False,False,False,None,True,True,True,True,True]
#False = black True = white
its = [0]
def swap(layout, step):
    layoutCopy = copy.deepcopy(layout)
    layoutCopy[(step[0]+step[1])], layoutCopy[step[1]] = layoutCopy[step[1]], layoutCopy[(step[0]+step[1])]
    return layoutCopy
def isSolved(layout):
    for i in range(len(layout)):
        if(layout[i] == False):
            return (i >= (len(layout)/2))
def recurse(layout, its, steps = []):
    if isSolved(layout):
        its[0] += 1
        print(layout,list(x[0] for x in steps))
        return
    step = None
    for i in range(len(layout)):
        if(layout[i] == None):
            if(i >= 1): #If the empty space could have something to the left
                if(layout[i - 1] == False):
                    step = [-1,i]
                    recurse(swap(layout,step), its, (steps+[step]))
                if(i > 1): #If the empty space could have something 2 to the left
                    if(layout[i - 2] == False):
                        step = [-2,i]
                        recurse(swap(layout,step), its, (steps+[step]))
            if(i < (len(layout)-1)): #If the empty space could have something to the right
                if(layout[i + 1] == True):
                    step = [1,i]
                    recurse(swap(layout,step), its, (steps+[step]))
                if(i < (len(layout)-2)): #If the empty space could have something to the right
                    if(layout[i + 2] == True):
                        step = [2,i]
                        recurse(swap(layout,step), its, (steps+[step]))
    its[0] += 1
    #return None
recurse(begining,its,[])
print(its[0])

def check_prop(fn, prop):
  return lambda obj: fn(obj[prop])
  
check_age = check_prop(lambda x: x >= 18, 'age')
user = {'name': 'Mark', 'age': 18}
check_age(user) # True