Problem 46576. Award medals to winners

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<div style = "text-align: start; line-height: 20.4333px; min-height: 0px; white-space: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, monospace; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; "><div style="block-size: 246.167px; display: block; min-width: 0px; padding-block-start: 0px; padding-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 407px 123.083px; transform-origin: 407px 123.083px; vertical-align: baseline; "><div style="block-size: 42px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 21px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 21px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 384px 8.16667px; transform-origin: 384px 8.16667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">A competition awards medals to the winners: gold to first place, silver to second place, and bronze to third place. In the case of ties, these rules apply:</span></span></div><ul style="block-size: 102.167px; counter-reset: list-item 0; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; list-style-type: square; margin-block-end: 20px; margin-block-start: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 10px; perspective-origin: 391px 51.0833px; transform-origin: 391px 51.0833px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; "><li style="block-size: 40.8667px; counter-reset: none; display: list-item; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-start: 56px; margin-left: 56px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 363px 20.4333px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 363px 20.4333px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 56px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 362.483px 8.16667px; transform-origin: 362.483px 8.16667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">If two competitors tie for gold, the next competitor gets bronze, and no silver is awarded. If three or more competitors tie for gold, no other medals are awarded.</span></span></li><li style="block-size: 20.4333px; counter-reset: none; display: list-item; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-start: 56px; margin-left: 56px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 363px 10.2167px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 363px 10.2167px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 56px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 190.967px 8.16667px; transform-origin: 190.967px 8.16667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">If two or more competitors tie for silver, no bronze is awarded.</span></span></li><li style="block-size: 40.8667px; counter-reset: none; display: list-item; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-start: 56px; margin-left: 56px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 363px 20.4333px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 363px 20.4333px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 56px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 347.725px 8.16667px; transform-origin: 347.725px 8.16667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">If two or more competitors tie for bronze and fewer than three medals have been awarded so far, all who tied for bronze get medals.</span></span></li></ul><div style="block-size: 42px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 21px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 21px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 360.817px 8.16667px; transform-origin: 360.817px 8.16667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">Write a function that takes a vector of scores and identifies the winners (i.e., the position of the winning scores in the vector).  In this competition, higher scores are better. If a medal is not awarded, set the output to the empty set. </span></span></div><div style="block-size: 21px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 10.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 145.983px 8.16667px; transform-origin: 145.983px 8.16667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">P.S.: For a competition with different rules, see </span></span><a target='_blank' href = "https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/46573-determine-the-winner-of-a-goofy-golf-tournament"><span style=""><span style="">Cody Problem 46573</span></span></a><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 1.94167px 8.16667px; transform-origin: 1.94167px 8.16667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">.</span></span></div></div></div>

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James on 1 Oct 2020

How about a test with 4+ gold winners?

ChrisR on 2 Oct 2020

James, I added that test. Thanks.

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