# Deleting all even numbers from a list
a = [1,2,3,4,5]
del a[1::2]
print(a)

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

""" 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)

# Python Program to calculate the square root

num = float(input('Enter a number: '))

num_sqrt = num ** 0.5
print('The square root of %0.3f is %0.3f'%(num ,num_sqrt))

print("test")

import itertools
import string
import time

def guess_password(real):
    chars = string.ascii_lowercase + string.ascii_uppercase + string.digits + string.punctuation
    attempts = 0
    for password_length in range(1, 9):
        for guess in itertools.product(chars, repeat=password_length):
            startTime = time.time()
            attempts += 1
            guess = ''.join(guess)
            if guess == real:
                return 'password is {}. found in {} guesses.'.format(guess, attempts)
            loopTime = (time.time() - startTime);
            print(guess, attempts, loopTime)

print("\nIt will take A REALLY LONG TIME to crack a long password. Try this out with a 3 or 4 letter password and see how this program works.\n")
val = input("Enter a password you want to crack that is 9 characters or below: ")
print(guess_password(val.lower()))