input: Write a function to sort a list of strings alphabetically. The function should return the sorted list. If the input list is empty, the function should return an empty list.
  def sortAlphabetically(strings): 
      if not strings:
          return []
      strings.sort() 
      return strings 
  
  assert sortAlphabetically(["hello", "world", "good", "morning", "programming"])==["good", "hello", "morning", "programming", "world"]
  assert sortAlphabetically(["apple", "banana", "cherry"])==["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
  assert sortAlphabetically([])==[]
  assert sortAlphabetically(["zebra", "xylophone", "alpha"])==["alpha", "xylophone", "zebra"]
  assert sortAlphabetically(["123", "abc", "!@#"])==["!@#", "123", "abc"]
output: def sortAlphabetically(strings): 
      if not strings:
          return []
      strings.sort() 
      return strings