filename = "data.txt"
data = "Hello, World!"

with open(filename, "a") as file:
    file.write(data)

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# xor a list of integers to find the lonely integer
res = a[0]
    for i in range(1,len(a)):
        res = res ^ a[i]

""" Binary Search Algorithm 
----------------------------------------
"""
#iterative implementation of binary search in Python
def binary_search(a_list, item):
    """Performs iterative binary search to find the position of an integer in a given, sorted, list.
    a_list -- sorted list of integers
    item -- integer you are searching for the position of
    """
    first = 0
    last = len(a_list) - 1
    while first <= last:
        i = (first + last) / 2
        if a_list[i] == item:
            return ' found at position '.format(item=item, i=i)
        elif a_list[i] > item:
            last = i - 1
        elif a_list[i] < item:
            first = i + 1
        else:
            return ' not found in the list'.format(item=item)
#recursive implementation of binary search in Python
def binary_search_recursive(a_list, item):
    """Performs recursive binary search of an integer in a given, sorted, list.
    a_list -- sorted list of integers
    item -- integer you are searching for the position of
    """
    first = 0
    last = len(a_list) - 1
    if len(a_list) == 0:
        return ' was not found in the list'.format(item=item)
    else:
        i = (first + last) // 2
        if item == a_list[i]:
            return ' found'.format(item=item)
        else:
            if a_list[i] < item:
                return binary_search_recursive(a_list[i+1:], item)
            else:
                return binary_search_recursive(a_list[:i], item)

#Loop back to this point once code finishes
loop = 1
while (loop < 10):
#All the questions that the program asks the user
    noun = input("Choose a noun: ")
    p_noun = input("Choose a plural noun: ")
    noun2 = input("Choose a noun: ")
    place = input("Name a place: ")
    adjective = input("Choose an adjective (Describing word): ")
    noun3 = input("Choose a noun: ")
#Displays the story based on the users input
    print ("------------------------------------------")
    print ("Be kind to your",noun,"- footed", p_noun)
    print ("For a duck may be somebody's", noun2,",")
    print ("Be kind to your",p_noun,"in",place)
    print ("Where the weather is always",adjective,".")
    print ()
    print ("You may think that is this the",noun3,",")
    print ("Well it is.")
    print ("------------------------------------------")
#Loop back to "loop = 1"
    loop = loop + 1

def bitonic_sort(arr, low, cnt, direction):
    ...

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]