Sort INPLACE. list.sort(key=lambda list: max(list[1:]))

Week 7 Libraries and More Python/{15. Sort by best exam score → [FIXED]15. Sort by best exam score}

@@ -12,6 +12,29 @@ Note! You can either use a lambda statement or write your own value function. Th
 
 
 
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+# approach 1
+#def sortby_result(students: list) -> list:
+#    """
+#    Sort students based on their best exam score in descending order.
+#    
+#    Parameters:
+#        students: List of tuples, where each tuple contains:
+#                 (student_name: str, exam1: int, exam2: int, exam3: int)
+#    
+#    Returns:
+#        List of student tuples sorted by their highest exam score in ascending order
+#    """
+#    # Using lambda function to sort
+#    # max(student[1:]) gets the maximum value from the three exam scores
+#    return sorted(students, key=lambda student: max(student[1:]))
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+
+# approach 2-4
 def sortby_result(students: list) -> list:
     """
     Sort students based on their best exam score in ascending order.
@@ -38,24 +61,30 @@ def sortby_result(students: list) -> list:
 
 
 
+# approach 5
+def sortby_result(students: list) -> list:
+    """
+    Sort students based on their best exam score in ascending order.
+    
+    Parameters:
+        students: List of tuples, where each tuple contains:
+                 (student_name: str, exam1: int, exam2: int, exam3: int)
+    
+    Returns:
+        List of student tuples sorted by their highest exam score in ascending order.
+    """
+    
+    students.sort(key=lambda student: max(student[1:]))
+    # Return the sorted list (optional, since the list is modified in-place)
+    return students
+
+
 
 
 
-#def sortby_result(students: list) -> list:
-#    """
-#    Sort students based on their best exam score in descending order.
-#    
-#    Parameters:
-#        students: List of tuples, where each tuple contains:
-#                 (student_name: str, exam1: int, exam2: int, exam3: int)
-#    
-#    Returns:
-#        List of student tuples sorted by their highest exam score in ascending order
-#    """
-#    # Using lambda function to sort
-#    # max(student[1:]) gets the maximum value from the three exam scores
-#    return sorted(students, key=lambda student: max(student[1:]))
+#########################
 
+# approach 1-4
 
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 ## Test cases
@@ -161,3 +190,37 @@ print(sorted_students)
 
 
 
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+#########################
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+# approach 5
+
+Original order:
+('Jorge', 80, 46, 36)
+('Dave', 65, 28, 100)
+('Stephanie', 14, 38, 36)
+('Wade', 69, 40, 68)
+('Arthur', 26, 15, 41)
+('Brian', 21, 93, 88)
+('Dan', 5, 6, 60)
+('Vera', 70, 81, 99)
+
+Sorted by best exam result:
+('Stephanie', 14, 38, 36)
+('Arthur', 26, 15, 41)
+('Dan', 5, 6, 60)
+('Wade', 69, 40, 68)
+('Jorge', 80, 46, 36)
+('Brian', 21, 93, 88)
+('Vera', 70, 81, 99)
+('Dave', 65, 28, 100)
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