#!/usr/bin/env python3 import sys def numbers_game(ints: list) -> list: # Check we have an even number of items if len(ints) % 2 != 0: raise ValueError('Please provide an even number of items!') # Sort the list ints = sorted(ints) for i in range(0, len(ints), 2): # Switch the pairs of numbers around ints[i], ints[i+1], = ints[i+1], ints[i] return ints def main(): # Convert input into integers array = [int(n) for n in sys.argv[1:]] result = numbers_game(array) print(tuple(result)) if __name__ == '__main__': main()