Second Highest Marks | Dataford Interview Questions

Write a program to find the names of all candidates who have scored the second highest marks.

Implement second_highest_candidates(candidates), where candidates is a list of [name, marks] pairs. Return a list of names whose marks equal the second-highest distinct score, preserving input order; return [] when fewer than two distinct scores exist.

Constraints

0 <= candidates.length <= 1000
Each candidate is a two-element list containing a string name and an integer mark
Candidate names are returned in their original input order
All candidates with the second-highest distinct mark must be returned
Return [] when fewer than two distinct marks exist

Function Signature

def second_highest_candidates(candidates):

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Problem

Write a program to find the names of all candidates who have scored the second highest marks.

Constraints

0 <= candidates.length <= 1000
Each candidate is a two-element list containing a string name and an integer mark
Candidate names are returned in their original input order
All candidates with the second-highest distinct mark must be returned
Return [] when fewer than two distinct marks exist

Function Signature

def second_highest_candidates(candidates):

Your question is Second Highest Marks. Start with the requirements in the Question tab.

Run and submit as often as you like. When you're ready, talk me through your approach or go straight to the code.