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))

# Function to multiply two matrices
def multiply_matrices(matrix1, matrix2):
    # Check if the matrices can be multiplied
    if len(matrix1[0]) != len(matrix2):
        print("Error: The number of columns in the first matrix must be equal to the number of rows in the second matrix.")
        return None

    # Create the result matrix filled with zeros
    result = [[0 for _ in range(len(matrix2[0]))] for _ in range(len(matrix1))]

    # Perform matrix multiplication
    for i in range(len(matrix1)):
        for j in range(len(matrix2[0])):
            for k in range(len(matrix2)):
                result[i][j] += matrix1[i][k] * matrix2[k][j]

    return result

# Example matrices
matrix1 = [[1, 2, 3],
           [4, 5, 6],
           [7, 8, 9]]

matrix2 = [[10, 11],
           [12, 13],
           [14, 15]]

# Multiply the matrices
result_matrix = multiply_matrices(matrix1, matrix2)

# Display the result
if result_matrix is not None:
    print("Result:")
    for row in result_matrix:
        print(row)

import calendar

# Prompt user for year and month
year = int(input("Enter the year: "))
month = int(input("Enter the month: "))

# Create a calendar object
cal = calendar.monthcalendar(year, month)

# Display the calendar
print(calendar.month_name[month], year)
print("Mon  Tue  Wed  Thu  Fri  Sat  Sun")

for week in cal:
    for day in week:
        if day == 0:
            print("     ", end="")
        else:
            print(str(day).rjust(2), "  ", end="")
    print()

# 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()

import random

# Define the ranks, suits, and create a deck
ranks = ['Ace', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', 'Jack', 'Queen', 'King']
suits = ['Hearts', 'Diamonds', 'Clubs', 'Spades']
deck = [(rank, suit) for rank in ranks for suit in suits]

# Shuffle the deck
random.shuffle(deck)

# Display the shuffled deck
for card in deck:
    print(card[0], "of", card[1])

import copy
begining = [False,False,False,False,False,None,True,True,True,True,True]
#False = black True = white
its = [0]
def swap(layout, step):
    layoutCopy = copy.deepcopy(layout)
    layoutCopy[(step[0]+step[1])], layoutCopy[step[1]] = layoutCopy[step[1]], layoutCopy[(step[0]+step[1])]
    return layoutCopy
def isSolved(layout):
    for i in range(len(layout)):
        if(layout[i] == False):
            return (i >= (len(layout)/2))
def recurse(layout, its, steps = []):
    if isSolved(layout):
        its[0] += 1
        print(layout,list(x[0] for x in steps))
        return
    step = None
    for i in range(len(layout)):
        if(layout[i] == None):
            if(i >= 1): #If the empty space could have something to the left
                if(layout[i - 1] == False):
                    step = [-1,i]
                    recurse(swap(layout,step), its, (steps+[step]))
                if(i > 1): #If the empty space could have something 2 to the left
                    if(layout[i - 2] == False):
                        step = [-2,i]
                        recurse(swap(layout,step), its, (steps+[step]))
            if(i < (len(layout)-1)): #If the empty space could have something to the right
                if(layout[i + 1] == True):
                    step = [1,i]
                    recurse(swap(layout,step), its, (steps+[step]))
                if(i < (len(layout)-2)): #If the empty space could have something to the right
                    if(layout[i + 2] == True):
                        step = [2,i]
                        recurse(swap(layout,step), its, (steps+[step]))
    its[0] += 1
    #return None
recurse(begining,its,[])
print(its[0])