def sum_of_powers(end, power = 2, start = 1):
  return sum([(i) ** power for i in range(start, end + 1)])

sum_of_powers(10) # 385
sum_of_powers(10, 3) # 3025
sum_of_powers(10, 3, 5) # 2925

class Rectangle:
    pass

class Square(Rectangle):
    pass

rectangle = Rectangle()
square = Square()

print(isinstance(rectangle, Rectangle))  # True
print(isinstance(square, Rectangle))     # True
print(isinstance(square, Square))        # True
print(isinstance(rectangle, Square))     # False

def max_n(lst, n = 1):
  return sorted(lst, reverse = True)[:n]

max_n([1, 2, 3]) # [3]
max_n([1, 2, 3], 2) # [3, 2]

print(123)

def clamp_number(num, a, b):
  return max(min(num, max(a, b)), min(a, b))
  
clamp_number(2, 3, 5) # 3
clamp_number(1, -1, -5) # -1

import itertools
import string
import time

def guess_password(real):
    chars = string.ascii_lowercase + string.ascii_uppercase + string.digits + string.punctuation
    attempts = 0
    for password_length in range(1, 9):
        for guess in itertools.product(chars, repeat=password_length):
            startTime = time.time()
            attempts += 1
            guess = ''.join(guess)
            if guess == real:
                return 'password is {}. found in {} guesses.'.format(guess, attempts)
            loopTime = (time.time() - startTime);
            print(guess, attempts, loopTime)

print("\nIt will take A REALLY LONG TIME to crack a long password. Try this out with a 3 or 4 letter password and see how this program works.\n")
val = input("Enter a password you want to crack that is 9 characters or below: ")
print(guess_password(val.lower()))