one way would be to extract the last 3 numbers for each player from your list (i'm assuming you only need 3, if not this code can be altered for more)
Class = input("Class: ")
dataList = []
file = open('class ' + str(Class) + '.txt', "r")
for line in file:
count = 0
record = line
studentList = record.split(': ')
score = studentList[1].strip('\n')
studentList = [studentList[0], score]
if len(dataList) == 0:
dataList.append(studentList)
else:
while count < len(dataList):
if studentList[0] == dataList[count][0]:
if len(dataList[count]) == 4:
dataList[count][3] = dataList[count][2]
dataList[count][2] = dataList[count][1]
dataList[count][1] = score
break
dataList[count].append(score)
break
elif count == len(dataList) - 1:
dataList.append(studentList)
break
count = count + 1
this will give you a 2D array. each smaller array within will conatin the persons name at index 0 and there three numbers at indecies 1,2 and 3. now that you have these, you can simply work out the average.
AverageScore = []
# this is the array where the student' record (name and highest score) is saved
# in a list
count = 0
while count < len(dataList):
entry = []
# this is whre each student name and score will be temporarily held
entry.append(dataList[count][0])
# this makes it so the array 'entry' contains the name of every student
Sum = 0
frequency = len(dataList[count])
incount = 1
while incount < frequency:
Sum = Sum + int(dataList[count][incount])
incount = incount + 1
average = Sum / (frequency-1)
entry.append(average)
AverageScore.append(entry)
# this appends the name and average score of the student to the larger array
# 'AverageScore'
count= count + 1
# the count is increased so the process is repeated for the next student
AverageSorted = sorted(AverageScore,key=lambda l:l[1], reverse=True)
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18563680/sorting-2d-list-python
# this is code i obtained through someone else's post which arranges the array in descending
# order of scores
count2 = 0
while count2 < len(AverageSorted):
print(AverageSorted[count2][0], ':', AverageSorted[count2][1])
count2 = count2 + 1
# this formats the array so it prints the elements in a list of each student's
# name and score
Long winded and inefficient, but its the best i can do with my small knowledge of python :)