Sort Player Scores by Points

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Implement rank_players(scores), where scores is a list of (player_name, points) tuples. Return a new list sorted by points descending, breaking ties alphabetically by player_name ascending. Use sorted() with a key function.

Examples

Example 1

Input

rank_players([('Zoe', 10), ('Amit', 15), ('Bo', 15)])

Output

[('Amit', 15), ('Bo', 15), ('Zoe', 10)]

Explanation

Amit and Bo tie on 15 points and are ordered alphabetically; Zoe trails on 10.

Constraints

scores is a non-empty list of (str, int) tuples.
Must not mutate the input list.

Topics

TuplesSorting

Companies

NetflixAdobe

Hints

Hint 1

sorted(scores, key=lambda t: (-t[1], t[0])) sorts by descending points, then ascending name.

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