weigh = lambda a,b: sum(b)-sum(a)
FindCoin = lambda A: 0 if (n := len(A)) == 1 else (m := n//3) * (w := 1 + weigh(A[:m], A[2*m:])) + FindCoin(A[m*w:m*(w+1)])
print(FindCoin([1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1]))

""" Binary Search Algorithm 
----------------------------------------
"""
#iterative implementation of binary search in Python
def binary_search(a_list, item):
    """Performs iterative binary search to find the position of an integer in a given, sorted, list.
    a_list -- sorted list of integers
    item -- integer you are searching for the position of
    """
    first = 0
    last = len(a_list) - 1
    while first <= last:
        i = (first + last) / 2
        if a_list[i] == item:
            return ' found at position '.format(item=item, i=i)
        elif a_list[i] > item:
            last = i - 1
        elif a_list[i] < item:
            first = i + 1
        else:
            return ' not found in the list'.format(item=item)
#recursive implementation of binary search in Python
def binary_search_recursive(a_list, item):
    """Performs recursive binary search of an integer in a given, sorted, list.
    a_list -- sorted list of integers
    item -- integer you are searching for the position of
    """
    first = 0
    last = len(a_list) - 1
    if len(a_list) == 0:
        return ' was not found in the list'.format(item=item)
    else:
        i = (first + last) // 2
        if item == a_list[i]:
            return ' found'.format(item=item)
        else:
            if a_list[i] < item:
                return binary_search_recursive(a_list[i+1:], item)
            else:
                return binary_search_recursive(a_list[:i], item)

from colorama import init, Fore

# Initialize colorama
init()

print(Fore.RED + "This text is in red color.")
print(Fore.GREEN + "This text is in green color.")
print(Fore.BLUE + "This text is in blue color.")

# Reset colorama
print(Fore.RESET + "This text is back to the default color.")

def bitonic_sort(arr, low, cnt, direction):
    ...

def Fibonacci(n): 
    if n<0: 
        print("Incorrect input") 
    # First Fibonacci number is 0 
    elif n==1: 
        return 0
    # Second Fibonacci number is 1 
    elif n==2: 
        return 1
    else: 
        return Fibonacci(n-1)+Fibonacci(n-2) 
  
# Driver Program 
  
print(Fibonacci(9))

from typing import Optional

from datetime import datetime

def convert_timestamp_string_to_epoch(timestamp: str) -> Optional[int]:
    epoch_time = None
    time_obj = datetime.strptime(timestamp, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f")
    epoch_time = int((time_obj - datetime(1970, 1, 1)).total_seconds() * 1000)
    return epoch_time


print(int(convert_timestamp_string_to_epoch("2025-08-01 13:11:47.171")))
#above outputs 1754053907171.0

#how to I remove the .0 ?