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)

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

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

def format_timestamp(timestamp_epoch):
    """
    Convert epoch timestamp to formatted datetime string without using datetime package.
    
    Args:
        timestamp_epoch (int/float): Unix epoch timestamp (seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC)
        
    Returns:
        str: Formatted datetime string in 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS' format
    """
    # Constants for time calculations
    SECONDS_PER_DAY = 86400
    SECONDS_PER_HOUR = 3600
    SECONDS_PER_MINUTE = 60
    
    # Handle negative timestamps and convert to integer
    timestamp = int(timestamp_epoch)
    
    # Calculate days since epoch and remaining seconds
    days_since_epoch = timestamp // SECONDS_PER_DAY
    remaining_seconds = timestamp % SECONDS_PER_DAY
    
    # Calculate hours, minutes, seconds
    hours = remaining_seconds // SECONDS_PER_HOUR
    remaining_seconds %= SECONDS_PER_HOUR
    minutes = remaining_seconds // SECONDS_PER_MINUTE
    seconds = remaining_seconds % SECONDS_PER_MINUTE
    
    # Calculate date (simplified, ignoring leap seconds)
    year = 1970
    days = days_since_epoch
    while days >= 365:
        is_leap = (year % 4 == 0 and year % 100 != 0) or (year % 400 == 0)
        days_in_year = 366 if is_leap else 365
        if days >= days_in_year:
            days -= days_in_year
            year += 1
    
    # Month lengths (non-leap year for simplicity, adjusted later for leap years)
    month_lengths = [31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31]
    if (year % 4 == 0 and year % 100 != 0) or (year % 400 == 0):
        month_lengths[1] = 29
    
    month = 0
    while days >= month_lengths[month]:
        days -= month_lengths[month]
        month += 1
    
    # Convert to 1-based indexing for month and day
    month += 1
    day = days + 1
    
    # Format the output string
    return f"{year:04d}-{month:02d}-{day:02d} {hours:02d}:{minutes:02d}:{seconds:02d}"

# Example timestamp (Unix epoch seconds)
timestamp = 1697054700
formatted_date = format_timestamp(timestamp)
print(formatted_date + " UTC")  # Output: 2023-10-11 18:45:00

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)

x[cat_var].isnull().sum().sort_values(ascending=False)