""" 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 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])

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

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)

# function which return reverse of a string
def isPalindrome(s):
    return s == s[::-1]
 
# Driver code
s = "malayalam"
ans = isPalindrome(s)
 
if ans:
    print("Yes")
else:
    print("No")

# Python program to reverse a linked list
# Time Complexity : O(n)
# Space Complexity : O(n) as 'next'
#variable is getting created in each loop.

# Node class


class Node:

	# Constructor to initialize the node object
	def __init__(self, data):
		self.data = data
		self.next = None


class LinkedList:

	# Function to initialize head
	def __init__(self):
		self.head = None

	# Function to reverse the linked list
	def reverse(self):
		prev = None
		current = self.head
		while(current is not None):
			next = current.next
			current.next = prev
			prev = current
			current = next
		self.head = prev

	# Function to insert a new node at the beginning
	def push(self, new_data):
		new_node = Node(new_data)
		new_node.next = self.head
		self.head = new_node

	# Utility function to print the linked LinkedList
	def printList(self):
		temp = self.head
		while(temp):
			print temp.data,
			temp = temp.next


# Driver program to test above functions
llist = LinkedList()
llist.push(20)
llist.push(4)
llist.push(15)
llist.push(85)

print "Given Linked List"
llist.printList()
llist.reverse()
print "\nReversed Linked List"
llist.printList()