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 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 ?

from statistics import median, mean, mode

def print_stats(array):
  print(array)
  print("median =", median(array))
  print("mean   =", mean(array))
  print("mode   =", mode(array))
  print()

print_stats([1, 2, 3, 3, 4])
print_stats([1, 2, 3, 3])

import re

def find_pattern(text, pattern):
    match = re.search(pattern, text)
    if match:
        return match.group()
    else:
        return 'No match found'

text = 'Hello, world! This is a test.'
pattern = r'world!.*test.'

result = find_pattern(text, pattern)
print(result)

def calculate_values():
    value1 = 10
    value2 = 20
    return value1, value2

result1, result2 = calculate_values()
print("Result 1:", result1)
print("Result 2:", result2)

import itertools

def compute_permutations(string):
    # Generate all permutations of the string
    permutations = itertools.permutations(string)

    # Convert each permutation tuple to a string
    permutations = [''.join(permutation) for permutation in permutations]

    return permutations

# Prompt the user for a string
string = input("Enter a string: ")

# Compute permutations
permutations = compute_permutations(string)

# Display the permutations
print("Permutations:")
for permutation in permutations:
    print(permutation)