input: Write a function to sort a list of strings alphabetically. The function should return the sorted list.
  def sortAlphabetically(strings): 
      strings.sort() 
      return strings 
  assert sortAlphabetically(["hello", "world", "good", "morning", "programming"])==["good", "hello", "morning", "programming", "world"]
  assert sortAlphabetically(["cat", "dog", "elephant", "bat"])==["bat", "cat", "dog", "elephant"]
  assert sortAlphabetically(["apple", "banana", "cherry", "date"])==["apple", "banana", "cherry", "date"]
  assert sortAlphabetically([])==[]
  assert sortAlphabetically(["zebra", "yak", "xylophone"])==["xylophone", "yak", "zebra"]
output: def sortAlphabetically(strings): 
      strings.sort() 
      return strings