Question

Using Python 3, is there a way I could find the second_highest value of a user's random input using a while-loop? For example, if I use random input numbers such as: 100,95,92,87,83,80,75,50,40 etc. I want it to compute the 2nd highest along with my highest and lowest score. Is there any if, else, elif, etc statement that I could add to my while statement or in my while-loop to make this happen? The output would be something like highest = 100, lowest 40, and second_highest 95 if using the above random inputs. I'd like to avoid using any list operations [ ] and def functions. Thank you.

score = 0

highest = 0                  #highest score

second_highest = 0     #second highest score

lowest = 0                    # lowest score

count = 0

total = 0

score = float(input("Enter your first score (0 to quit): "))   ##using random input example of 100,95,92,87,83,80,75,50,40
while score != 0 :
   value = float(score)
   if (lowest == 0):
      lowest = value
      highest = value
      second_highest = value    ##how can I add a statement or two that can help find 2nd highest score?
   if value < lowest:
      lowest = value
      print ("The lowest is now: ",lowest)

   if value > highest:

      second_highest = value
      highest = value     
      print ("The highest has been updated to: ", highest)  
   total = total + score
   count = count + 1

   score = float(input("Enter another score: "))

print("The highest score: ",highest)                        ## should be 100

print("Lowest score: ",lowest)            ## should be 40

print("Second highest score", second_highest)    ## output should be 95

## thank you

Answer 1

score = 0
highest = 0 #highest score
second_highest = 0 #second highest score
lowest = 0 # lowest score
count = 0
pre_value=0.0
total = 0
score = int(input("Enter your first score (0 to quit): ")) ##using random input example of 100,95,92,87,83,80,75,50,40
while score != 0 :
   value = float(score)
   if (lowest == 0):
       lowest = value
       highest = value
       second_highest = pre_value ##second value is 0
   if value < lowest:
       lowest = value

   if value > highest:
       highest = value   
  
   if pre_value!=highest and second_highest<pre_value: #if previous value is not highest and greater than second highest value
       second_highest=pre_value

   pre_value=score #previous value
   score = int(input("Enter another score: "))

if (pre_value!=highest and pre_value>second_highest): #if last number(previous value) is greater than second highest
   second_highest=pre_value
  
print("The highest score: ",highest) ## should be 100
print("Lowest score: ",lowest) ## should be 40
print("Second highest score", second_highest) ## output should be 95