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))

import subprocess   #for the praat calls
import os   #for ffmpeg and the pause call at the end
#Even if we wanted all videos being rendered asynchronously, we couldn't see progress or errors
import glob #for the ambiguous files
import tempfile
audioFileDirectory = 'Audio Files'
timeList = {}
fileList = glob.glob(audioFileDirectory + '\\*.wav')
pipeList = {}
for fileName in fileList:
    arglist = ['Praat.exe', '--run', 'crosscorrelateMatch.praat', 'zeussound.wav', fileName, "0" , "300"]
    print(' '.join(arglist))
    pipe = subprocess.Popen(arglist, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
    pipeList[fileName[len(audioFileDirectory)+1:-4]] = pipe #+1 because of back slash, -4 because .wav
#for fileName, pipe in pipeList.items():
#    text = pipe.communicate()[0].decode('utf-8')
#    timeList[fileName] = float(text[::2])
for fileName, pipe in pipeList.items():
    if float(pipe.communicate()[0].decode('utf-8')[::2]) > .0003:    #.000166 is not a match, and .00073 is a perfect match. .00053 is a tested match
        arglist = ['Praat.exe', '--run', 'crosscorrelate.praat', 'zeussound.wav', audioFileDirectory + '\\' + fileName + '.wav', "0" , "300"]
        print(' '.join(arglist))
        text = subprocess.Popen(arglist, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0].decode('utf-8')
        timeList[fileName] = float(text[::2])
clipLength = 10
for fileName, time in timeList.items():
    arglist = ['ffmpeg', '-i', '"'+fileName+'.mp4"', '-ss', str(time-clipLength), '-t', str(clipLength*2), '-acodec', 'copy' , '-vcodec', 'copy', '"ZEUS'+ fileName + '.mp4"']
    print(' '.join(arglist))
    os.system(' '.join(arglist))
tempFile = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False)
for fileName in glob.glob('ZEUS*.mp4'):
    tempFile.write(("file '" + os.path.realpath(fileName) + "'\n").encode());
tempFile.seek(0)
print(tempFile.read())
tempFile.close()
arglist = ['ffmpeg', '-safe', '0', '-f', 'concat', '-i', '"'+tempFile.name+'"', '-c', 'copy', 'ZeusMontage.mp4']
print(' '.join(arglist))
os.system(' '.join(arglist))
os.unlink(tempFile.name)    #Delete the temp file
#print(timeList)
os.system('PAUSE')

import pandas as pd



x = pd.read_excel(FILE_NAME)

print(x)

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

print('hello, world')

# Python program for Bitonic Sort. Note that this program
# works only when size of input is a power of 2.

# The parameter dir indicates the sorting direction, ASCENDING
# or DESCENDING; if (a[i] > a[j]) agrees with the direction,
# then a[i] and a[j] are interchanged.*/
def compAndSwap(a, i, j, dire):
	if (dire==1 and a[i] > a[j]) or (dire==0 and a[i] > a[j]):
		a[i],a[j] = a[j],a[i]

# It recursively sorts a bitonic sequence in ascending order,
# if dir = 1, and in descending order otherwise (means dir=0).
# The sequence to be sorted starts at index position low,
# the parameter cnt is the number of elements to be sorted.
def bitonicMerge(a, low, cnt, dire):
	if cnt > 1:
		k = cnt/2
		for i in range(low , low+k):
			compAndSwap(a, i, i+k, dire)
		bitonicMerge(a, low, k, dire)
		bitonicMerge(a, low+k, k, dire)

# This funcion first produces a bitonic sequence by recursively
# sorting its two halves in opposite sorting orders, and then
# calls bitonicMerge to make them in the same order
def bitonicSort(a, low, cnt,dire):
	if cnt > 1:
		k = cnt/2
		bitonicSort(a, low, k, 1)
		bitonicSort(a, low+k, k, 0)
		bitonicMerge(a, low, cnt, dire)

# Caller of bitonicSort for sorting the entire array of length N
# in ASCENDING order
def sort(a,N, up):
	bitonicSort(a,0, N, up)

# Driver code to test above
a = [3, 7, 4, 8, 6, 2, 1, 5]
n = len(a)
up = 1

sort(a, n, up)
print ("\n\nSorted array is")
for i in range(n):
	print("%d" %a[i]),