mydict = {'carl':40, 'alan':2, 'bob':1, 'danny':0}

# How to sort a dict by value Python 3>
sort = {key:value for key, value in sorted(mydict.items(), key=lambda kv: (kv[1], kv[0]))}
print(sort)

# How to sort a dict by key Python 3>
sort = {key:mydict[key] for key in sorted(mydict.keys())}
print(sort)

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

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

class Rectangle:
    pass

class Square(Rectangle):
    pass

rectangle = Rectangle()
square = Square()

print(isinstance(rectangle, Rectangle))  # True
print(isinstance(square, Rectangle))     # True
print(isinstance(square, Square))        # True
print(isinstance(rectangle, Square))     # False

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 print_pyramid_pattern(n):
     
    # outer loop to handle number of rows
    # n in this case
    for i in range(0, n):
     
        # inner loop to handle number of columns
        # values changing acc. to outer loop
        for j in range(0, i+1):
         
            # printing stars
            print("* ",end="")
      
        # ending line after each row
        print("\r")
 
print_pyramid_pattern(10)