input:                         
  def sort_strings_alphabetically(strings: List[str]) -> List[str]:
      """
      Sort a list of strings alphabetically and return the sorted list.
  
      >>> input_list = ["hello", "world", "good", "morning", "programming"]
      >>> sort_strings_alphabetically(input_list)
      ['good', 'hello', 'morning', 'programming', 'world']
      """
      strings.sort()
      return strings
output:     return sorted(strings)