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

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))

"""
Take screenshots at x interval - make a movie of doings on a computer.
"""

import time
from datetime import datetime

import ffmpeg
import pyautogui

while True:
    epoch_time = int(time.time())
    today = datetime.now().strftime("%Y_%m_%d")
    filename = str(epoch_time) + ".png"

    print("taking screenshot: {0}".format(filename))
    myScreenshot = pyautogui.screenshot()

    myScreenshot.save(today + "/" + filename)

    time.sleep(5)

#
# and then tie it together with: https://github.com/kkroening/ffmpeg-python/blob/master/examples/README.md#assemble-video-from-sequence-of-frames
#

"""
import ffmpeg
(
    ffmpeg
    .input('./2021_01_22/*.png', pattern_type='glob', framerate=25)
    .filter('deflicker', mode='pm', size=10)
    .filter('scale', size='hd1080', force_original_aspect_ratio='increase')
    .output('movie.mp4', crf=20, preset='slower', movflags='faststart', pix_fmt='yuv420p')
    .run()
)
"""

import calendar
from datetime import datetime

# Get the UTC timestamp
a = calendar.timegm(datetime.utcnow().utctimetuple())

print(a)

# List
lst = [1, 2, 3, 'Alice', 'Alice']

# One-Liner
indices = [i for i in range(len(lst)) if lst[i]=='Alice']

# Result
print(indices)
# [3, 4]

import subprocess

class CommandRunner:
    def run_command(self, command):
        command_process = subprocess.Popen(command, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, text=True)
        output = command_process.communicate()[0].strip()
        return_code = command_process.returncode
        return output, return_code

def main():
    # Create instance of CommandRunner
    runner = CommandRunner()
    
    # Define the command
    command = 'ping -c 4 localhost'
    
    try:
        # Run the command and get output and return code
        output, return_code = runner.run_command(command)
        
        # Print the output and return code
        print(f"Command output:\n{output}")
        print(f"Return code: {return_code}")
        
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()