(Find the two highest scores)

Question

Write a program that prompts the user to enter the number of students and each student’s name and score, and finally displays the student with the highest score and the student with the second-highest score. Assume that the number of students is at least 2.

Sample Run

Enter the number of students: 5

Enter a student name: Smith

Enter a student score: 60

Enter a student name: Jones

Enter a student score: 96

Enter a student name: Peterson

Enter a student score: 85

Enter a student name: Greenlaw

Enter a student score: 98

Enter a student name: Zhang

Enter a student score: 95

Top two students:

Greenlaw's score is 98.0

Jones's score is 96.0

Answer 1

def main():

num_students = int(input("Enter the number of students: "))

if num_students < 2:

print("The number of students should be at least 2.")

return

# Initialize an empty list to store student data (name and score)

students = []

# Gather data from user input

for _ in range(num_students):

name = input("Enter a student name: ")

score = float(input("Enter a student score: "))

students.append((name, score))

# Sort the list of students by score in descending order

students.sort(key=lambda student: student[1], reverse=True)

# Print the top two students

print("\nTop two students:")

print(f"{students[0][0]}'s score is {students[0][1]}")

print(f"{students[1][0]}'s score is {students[1][1]}")

if __name__ == "__main__":

main()