Given the participants' score sheet for your University Sports Day, you are required to find the runner-up score. You are given n scores. Store them in a list and find the score of the runner-up.

I tried to arrange n number of scores in a list so that I can select the runner up's score from the list. I expected only the runner up's score but got the whole list as the output.

CodePudding user response：

Some steps to get runner up's score:

1. use sorted() function to sort the list of score in ascending
2. After list is sorted, use pop() function to remove highest score from the list
3. use pop() again to remove the new last element from the list and stored to new variable. the new variable present as the runner up's score.
4. Print the runner-up score

Example Code:

# Create a list of scores
scores = [100, 95, 85, 75, 65]

# Sort the list of scores in ascending order
scores = sorted(scores)

# Remove the last element (the highest score) from the list
scores.pop()

# Remove the new last element (the runner-up score) from the list
runner_up_score = scores.pop()

# Print the runner-up score
print(runner_up_score)

CodePudding user response：

sort descending the list first and then pick second item on the list? list[1]

do you have problem on sorting the list or printing the list?

list=[3,0,1,2]
list.sort(reverse=True)
print(list[1])

CodePudding user response：

Note:- Assuming rank is same for same scores

Code:-

#Method 1
#Using remove and find max element
arr = map(int, input("Enter the scores of the students:\n").split())
arr=set(arr)
if arr:
    arr.remove(max(arr))
if arr:
    print(max(arr))
else:
    print("There is no runner up")
#Method2
#Using sort concept with set and list
arr = map(int, input("Enter the scores of the students:\n").split())
arr=list(set(arr))
arr.sort()
if len(arr)>1:
    print(arr[-2])
else:
    print("There is no runner up")

Output:-

Testcase1: when two possess max score [i.e there are two 1st rankers]

Enter the scores of the students:
89 76 43 68 67 89
76

Testcase2: All scores are different

Enter the scores of the students:
76 89 99 56
89

Testcase3: The scores are all equal.

Enter the scores of the students:
85 85 85 85 
There is no runner up

Testcase4 User input only one score.

Enter the scores of the students:
56
There is no runner up

Testcase5 User not input any score.

Enter the scores of the students:

There is no runner up