print('hello, world')

from collections import Counter

def find_parity_outliers(nums):
  return [
    x for x in nums
    if x % 2 != Counter([n % 2 for n in nums]).most_common()[0][0]
  ]

find_parity_outliers([1, 2, 3, 4, 6]) # [1, 3]

from statistics import median, mean, mode

def print_stats(array):
  print(array)
  print("median =", median(array))
  print("mean   =", mean(array))
  print("mode   =", mode(array))
  print()

print_stats([1, 2, 3, 3, 4])
print_stats([1, 2, 3, 3])

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)

# 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)

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