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GJB
GJB

Reputation: 121

Remove the highest number in a list and print

I have created a function that takes a users scores, removes the worst one (highest) adds the rest of the list together and prints the score. Beneath is the code, when I try to run this in sublime i receive no output.

def SailorsResults():    
    tony = []
    tony = [3 ,3, 1, 1, 2, 6]
    tony.remove(max(tony))
    print(tony)

All i wish for this to do is take the list, remove the worst score, and add the rest up.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3729

Answers (3)

Hugh Bothwell
Hugh Bothwell

Reputation: 56644

If all you want is the total, you could do

def sailor_score(times):
    return sum(times) - max(times)

tony = [3, 3, 2, 1, 1, 6]
print(sailor_score(tony))

Upvotes: 0

Mathias R. Jessen
Mathias R. Jessen

Reputation: 174485

Use sum() to add the remaining numbers together:

def SailorsResults():
    tony = [3 ,3, 1, 1, 2, 6]
    tony.remove(max(tony))
    print(sum(tony))

Upvotes: 2

Valentin Lorentz
Valentin Lorentz

Reputation: 9753

What you wrote is a function. To execute the code of a function, you have to call it.

For instance, in your case:

def SailorsResults():    
    tony = []
    tony = [3 ,3, 1, 1, 2, 6]
    tony.remove(max(tony))
    print(tony)

SailorsResults()

Upvotes: 1

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