# 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 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)

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))

bytes_data = b'Hello, World!'
string_data = bytes_data.decode('utf-8')
print("String:", string_data)

""" 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)

def to_roman_numeral(num):
  lookup = [
    (1000, 'M'),
    (900, 'CM'),
    (500, 'D'),
    (400, 'CD'),
    (100, 'C'),
    (90, 'XC'),
    (50, 'L'),
    (40, 'XL'),
    (10, 'X'),
    (9, 'IX'),
    (5, 'V'),
    (4, 'IV'),
    (1, 'I'),
  ]
  res = ''
  for (n, roman) in lookup:
    (d, num) = divmod(num, n)
    res += roman * d
  return res

to_roman_numeral(3) # 'III'
to_roman_numeral(11) # 'XI'
to_roman_numeral(1998) # 'MCMXCVIII'