print('hello, world')

# Python code to demonstrate
# method to remove i'th character
# Naive Method

# Initializing String
test_str = "CodeCatch"

# Printing original string
print ("The original string is : " + test_str)

# Removing char at pos 3
# using loop
new_str = ""

for i in range(len(test_str)):
	if i != 2:
		new_str = new_str + test_str[i]

# Printing string after removal
print ("The string after removal of i'th character : " + new_str)

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

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

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

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))

magnitude = lambda bits: 1_000_000_000_000_000_000 % (2 ** bits)
sign = lambda bits: -1 ** (1_000_000_000_000_000_000 // (2 ** bits))

print("64 bit sum:", magnitude(64) * sign(64))
print("32 bit sum:", magnitude(32) * sign(32))
print("16 bit sum:", magnitude(16) * sign(16))