sort the list of instances by date, least recent (i. e. oldest) to most recent (i. e. youngest). For example, an instance with the date "2012-10-12" would have a lower index than one with "2012-10-23" and the patent with the date "2010-09-01" would have a lower index than one with "2010-10-11". Assign that list to the variable ordered_dates. Assign to the variable most_recent_patent the case number of the most recent patent. Assign to the variable oldest_patent the case number of the least recent patent.

Write a program that begins by reading in a series of positive integers on a single line of input and then computes and prints the product of those integers. integers are accepted and multiplied until the user enters an integer less than 1. this final number is not part of the product. then, the program prints the product. if the first entered number is negative or 0, the program must print “bad input.” and terminate immediately. next, the program determines and prints the prime factorization of the product, listing the factors in increasing order. if a prime number is not a factor of the product, then it

Write a fragment of code that reads in strings from standard input, until end-of-file and prints to standard output the largest value. you may assume there is at least one value. (cascading/streaming logic, basic string processing)

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