my live-coding answer to some hackerrank problem as I was demoing tech interviewing to a mentee

live-coding.py

input = [5,
         'Harry',
         37.21,
         'Berry',
         37.21,
         'Tina',
         37.2,
         'Akriti',
         41,
         'Harsh',
         39]


def position_lowest_grade_student(position, input): 
  grades = {}
  for i in range(0, len(input)):
    if i == 0:
      pass  # do nothing with first value
    elif i % 2 == 1:  # is student name
      name = input[i]
      grade = input[i + 1]
      grades[name] = grade
    else:
      pass
      
  sorted_grades = sorted(grades.items(), key= lambda kv: (kv[1], kv[0]))
  student_at_position = sorted_grades[position]
  all_students_with_position_grade = [(k, v) for (k, v) in grades.items() if v == student_at_position[1]]
  return sorted([k for (k, v) in all_students_with_position_grade])
  

print(position_lowest_grade_student(2, input)) # Berry, Harry