2.59,2.11,2:11,2:23,3-10,2-23,3:10,3.21,3-21

2-34,3:21,2.34,2.45,3.01,2:01,2:01,3:10,2-22

2:58,2.58,2:39,2-25,2-55,2:54,2.18,2:55,2:55

2:22,3.01,3:01,3.02,3:02,3.02,3:22,2.49,2:38

 1 def get_coach_data(filename):
 2     try:
 3         with open(filename) as f:
 4             data = f.readline()
 5             return ( data.strip().split(‘,‘))
 6     except IOError as err:
 7         print(‘File err:‘ + str(err))
 8         return(None)
 9 
10 def sanitize(time_string):
11     if ‘-‘ in time_string:
12         splitter = ‘-‘
13     elif ‘:‘ in time_string:
14         splitter = ‘:‘
15     else:
16         return(time_string)
17 
18     (mins, secs) = time_string.split(splitter)
19     return(mins + ‘.‘ + secs)
20 
21 try:
22     julie = get_coach_data(‘julie.txt‘)
23     james = get_coach_data(‘james.txt‘)
24     sarah = get_coach_data(‘sarah.txt‘)
25     mikey = get_coach_data(‘mikey.txt‘)    
26     
27     print( sorted( set ([sanitize(s) for s in julie]) )[0:3] )
28     print( sorted( set ([sanitize(s) for s in james]) )[0:3] )
29     print( sorted( set ([sanitize(s) for s in sarah]) )[0:3] )
30     print( sorted( set ([sanitize(s) for s in mikey]) )[0:3] )
31     
32 except IOError as err:
33     print("file error" + str(err))