Though it seems easy to answer this question, but I really struggled. Please hel

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Though it seems easy to answer this question, but I really struggled. Please help! Python using loops

Find the two highest scores. Write a program that prompts the user to enter the number of students and each student's score, and displays the highest and the second highest scores.

my struggle was to find the second highest score using this code:

numofstudents = eval(input("Enter the number of students: "))

student1 = input("Enter a student name: ")
score1 = eval(input("Enter a student score: "))

for i in range(numofstudents - 1):
student = input("Enter a student name: ")
score = eval(input("Enter a student score: "))     

if score > score1:
student1 = student
score1 = score   
  
print("The highest score", student,"'s score is ", score)

# there is should be a few changes to find the second highest score in this code.

Explanation / Answer

numofstudents = eval(input("Enter the number of students:

"))
student1 = input("Enter a student name: ")
score1 = eval(input("Enter a student score: "))
score2 = score1
for i in range(numofstudents - 1):
student = input("Enter a student name: ")
score = eval(input("Enter a student score: "))   
if score > score1:
student1 = student
score1 = score
else if score > score1 && score!= score1
score2 = score
  
  
print("The highest score", student,"'s score is ", score)
print("The Second highest score", student,"'s score is ", score2)

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