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Find the three highest scores in [72, 85, 64, 90, 58, 77].
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Find the three highest scores in .
Need a reminder? The key ideaShow
Sort with the biggest first, then slice.
The worked solution
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Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, compare your working with the solution.
Plan. Sort with the biggest first, then take a slice of the first three.
sorted(scores, reverse=True) is [90, 85, 77, 72, 64, 58], and the slice [:3] is [90, 85, 77].
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