Eagle Eye Networks Inc :: Python screening - Debug I

pyscreen_sample_5.py

"""
::Eagle Eye Networks Inc.::: 
::Python screening::

The following script is purposley written poorly.

Fix the 'magic' function. 
"""

def magic(X, additional=[]):
    """
    Combine the letters of the word X, with the
    optional additonal letters and print them
    in alphabetical order
    """
    chars = list(X)
    # Combine the characters and the 
    # additional letters if there are some provided
    additional += chars
    # Sort
    additional.sort()
    # print
    print "".join(additional)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    magic('eagle', list('eye networks'))
    magic('eagle')
    magic('eagle') 
    magic('video') 
    magic('eagle', list('video'))

$ python sample_5.py 
 aeeeeegklnorstwy
aeegl
aaeeeeggll    
aadeeeeeggillov   
adeeegilov