.sort (reverse=True) moving 10 to the bottom

Your score is >>> 10

Do you want to take the quiz again? Y or N: n
5 : hotty

5 : 2qa3ws8ujhyi9;']

2 : zzzz

2 : y

10 : TEST

Goodbye!

template = """{score} : {name}"""
display_good = template.format(score=score,name=user_name)
highscore_a = open("highscoreFile.txt",'a') #The file that keeps the highest scores of all time
highscore_a.write(display_good)
highscore_a.write('n')
highscore_a.close()
highscore_r = open("highscoreFile.txt", "r")

read_top_5 = highscore_r.readlines()
read_top_5.sort(reverse=True)
i =[5]

repeat = (read_top_5[-5:])
for i in repeat:
print(i)


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1 Answer
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You can record the score and sort it as follows:

from pathlib import Path # python3.6+
record_fmt = """{score} : {name}"""
record = record_fmt.format(score=score, name=user_name)
record_path = Path("highscoreFile.txt")
with record_path.open('a') as fp:
fp.write(f'{record}n')

records = record_path.read_text().strip().split('n')
top_5 = sorted(records, key=lambda x: -int(x.strip().split(':')[0].strip()))[:5]
print('n'.join(top_5))


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