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)

#84 48 13 20 61 20 33 97 34 45 6 63 71 66 24 57 92 74 6 25 51 86 48 15 64 55 77 30 56 53 37 99 9 59 57 61 30 97 50 63 59 62 39 32 34 4 96 51 8 86 10 62 16 55 81 88 71 25 27 78 79 88 92 50 16 8 67 82 67 37 84 3 33 4 78 98 39 64 98 94 24 82 45 3 53 74 96 9 10 94 13 79 15 27 56 66 32 81 77
# xor a list of integers to find the lonely integer
res = a[0]
    for i in range(1,len(a)):
        res = res ^ a[i]

def counting_sort(arr, exp):
    n = len(arr)
    output = [0] * n
    count = [0] * 10

    for i in range(n):
        index = (arr[i] // exp) % 10
        count[index] += 1

    for i in range(1, 10):
        count[i] += count[i-1]

    i = n - 1
    while i >= 0:
        index = (arr[i] // exp) % 10
        output[count[index] - 1] = arr[i]
        count[index] -= 1
        i -= 1

    for i in range(n):
        arr[i] = output[i]

def radix_sort(arr):
    max_val = max(arr)
    exp = 1
    while max_val // exp > 0:
        counting_sort(arr, exp)
        exp *= 10

if __name__ == "__main__":
    arr = [170, 45, 75, 90, 802, 24, 2, 66]
    print("Original array:", arr)
    radix_sort(arr)
    print("Sorted array:", arr)

#Original
def output_json_log_data_to_file(filename, record_dictionary_list):
    with open(filename, 'w') as outputFile:
        for record in record_dictionary_list:
            json.dump(record, outputFile)
            outputFile.write('\n')


#Atomic
def output_json_log_data_to_file(filename, record_dictionary_list):
    # Use atomic file operations to prevent race conditions with readers
    # Write to temporary file first, then atomically rename to target file
    tmp_filename = filename + '.tmp'
    with open(tmp_filename, 'w') as outputFile:
        for record in record_dictionary_list:
            json.dump(record, outputFile)
            outputFile.write('\n')
    # Atomic rename - this prevents readers from seeing partial writes
    shutil.move(tmp_filename, filename)

def byte_size(s):
  return len(s.encode('utf-8'))
  
byte_size('😀') # 4
byte_size('Hello World') # 11