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Test Drive

So what happens when you run this version of the code within IDLE ? Let’s
amend the code and see:

The amended code, which
takes advantage of the
split() method.

This time, the program
produces a result you
can actually use.

It works! The program reads each line from the file as a string, extracts the
score using the split() method, and then uses it to find the highest score
in the file. The organizers are so excited to hear that the program is finished
that they immediately display the result on the large scoreboard at the back
of the beach.

The results are in!
Or are they... ? Surf-A-Thon
Ummm ... those are
1. 9.12 the top scores?!?!

2. ???
3. ???

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