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 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)

#Python 3: Fibonacci series up to n
def fib(n):
 a, b = 0, 1
 while a < n:
     print(a, end=' ')
     a, b = b, a+b
 print()
fib(1000)

bytes_data = b'Hello, World!'
string_data = bytes_data.decode('utf-8')
print("String:", string_data)

def key_of_min(d):
  return min(d, key = d.get)

key_of_min({'a':4, 'b':0, 'c':13}) # b

# Prompt user for base and height
base = float(input("Enter the base of the triangle: "))
height = float(input("Enter the height of the triangle: "))

# Calculate the area
area = (base * height) / 2

# Display the result
print("The area of the triangle is:", area)