Find highest scoring student Dry Run in PYTHON

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Find highest scoring student Program Code

# Find highest scoring student
students = {
    "John": 85,
    "Alice": 92,
    "Bob": 78,
    "David": 96,
    "Emma": 88,
    "Sophia": 91,
    "Michael": 75
}
print("Student Scores:", students)

# Method 1: Using max() with key
top_student = max(students, key=students.get)
top_score = students[top_student]
print(f"\nTop Student: {top_student} with {top_score} marks")

# Method 2: Using items()
top_pair = max(students.items(), key=lambda x: x[1])
print(f"Using items(): {top_pair[0]} → {top_pair[1]}")

# Method 3: Manual iteration
max_student = None
max_marks = -1
for student, marks in students.items():
    if marks > max_marks:
        max_marks = marks
        max_student = student
print(f"Manual method: {max_student} → {max_marks}")

# Method 4: Get top 3 students
top_3 = sorted(students.items(), key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True)[:3]
print(f"\nTop 3 Students:")
for i, (name, score) in enumerate(top_3, 1):
    print(f"  {i}. {name}: {score}")

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