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 when(predicate, when_true):
  return lambda x: when_true(x) if predicate(x) else x

double_even_numbers = when(lambda x: x % 2 == 0, lambda x : x * 2)
print(double_even_numbers(2)) # 4
print(double_even_numbers(1)) # 1

"""
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()
)
"""

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

my_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
removed_element = my_list.pop(2)  # Remove and return element at index 2
print(removed_element)  # 3
print(my_list)  # [1, 2, 4, 5]

last_element = my_list.pop()  # Remove and return the last element
print(last_element)  # 5
print(my_list)  # [1, 2, 4]

print(123)