Keep the Best Score

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Python for AIMedium

Keep the Best Score

A game keeps its high score in a file. The file holds one whole number followed by a newline, like "40\n".

Write update_best(path, score):

Read the number that's in the file now.
If score is higher, replace the file's contents with score followed by \n.
Otherwise leave the file exactly as it is.
Read the file again and return the number in it, as an int.

A tie is not higher, so the file stays the same. Leave the make_file helper as it is.

Examples

path = make_file('best.txt', '40\n')

score = 75

returns 75

path = make_file("ub_a.txt", "100\n")

score = 250

returns 250

path = make_file("ub_b.txt", "100\n")

score = 30

returns 100

Hints

solution.py

1def make_file(path, text):
2    with open(path, "w") as f:
3        f.write(text)
4    return path
5
6
7def update_best(path, score):
8    # your code here
9    pass
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