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How to find the second lowest element in the list?
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I have a list of students and I have to print the names of students who have scored second lowest.

students = [['Harry', 37.21], ['Berry', 37.21], ['Tina', 37.2], ['Akriti', 41], ['Harsh', 39]]

The lowest grade of belongs to Tina. The second lowest grade of belongs to both Harry and Berry, so we order their names alphabetically and print each name on a new line.

I am extremely new to python so I have coded as below -

 studList = []
for i in range(int(input())):
  name = input()
  score = float(input())
  studList.append([name,score])
  
studList = sorted(studList, key = lambda x: x[1], reverse = True)

print(studList)  
I have done till the point that I now have a sorted list but now I am not sure I do I extract the second lowest scorer's names.
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How to find the second lowest element in the list? - by Anonymous - May-31-2022, 12:22 PM

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