Sort text in arrow style

connectgranite.py

# List of strings
texts = [
    "Big Size",
    "Easy to fab",
    "Can be storage outside",
    "No fillers and cracks",
    "Nice bookmatch",
    "Requires minimum maintenance",
    "Affordable price"
]

def sort_texts_arrow_pattern_v7(texts):
    # Find the longest text (to be placed in the middle)
    longest_text = max(texts, key=len)

    # Remove the longest text from the original list
    remaining_texts = [text for text in texts if text != longest_text]

    # Sort the remaining texts by length
    remaining_texts_sorted = sorted(remaining_texts, key=len)

    # Split the sorted texts into two halves, ensuring the larger texts are distributed between the groups
    first_half = [remaining_texts_sorted[i] for i in range(len(remaining_texts_sorted)) if i % 2 == 0]
    second_half = [remaining_texts_sorted[i] for i in range(len(remaining_texts_sorted)) if i % 2 != 0]

    # Sort the first half in ascending order and the second half in descending order
    first_half_sorted = sorted(first_half)
    second_half_sorted = sorted(second_half, key=lambda x: (len(x), -second_half.index(x)), reverse=True)

    # Arrange the texts with the first half, then the longest, then the second half
    arrow_text = first_half_sorted + [longest_text] + second_half_sorted

    return arrow_text


# Apply the function and get the arrow pattern text
arrow_pattern_text = sort_texts_arrow_pattern_v7(texts)

# Prepare the text block in the 'arrow' pattern
arrow_text_block = "\n".join(arrow_pattern_text)
print(arrow_text_block)