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Test Drive

With the results.txt file saved to the same directory as your program, enter this
code into IDLE and see what happens. Remember to save your program, then press
F5 to run it.

These results don't make sense!

Those results look a little strange. Zack is only a novice surfer but, according
to the results from your program, Zack has the highest score. It looks like the
association between the surfer names and their scores is somehow lost... and if
you think about it, this is exactly what’s happening.
The two arrays are independent of each other: one contains scores, the other
names. When the data is in the file, the surfer name and the scores are associated
with each other because they appear on the same line. However, once the split
occurs and the data is in the arrays, the association is severed. Sorting one array
has no effect on the ordering of the other. No wonder your results are a little off
the wall.

How do you fix this?

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