"""
Felix Muzny
DS 2000
Lecture 5
September 20, 2024

A program to visualize the top 3 salaries in MA 2023 (from a file!)
"""

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

FILENAME = "ma_salarytop3.txt"

def main():
    print("lec 5 - ma salaries no loop")

    # step 1 - gather data
    with open(FILENAME, "r") as salary_file:
        # readline always returns a string!
        salary1 = int(salary_file.readline())
        salary2 = int(salary_file.readline())
        salary3 = int(salary_file.readline())

    # step 2 - any computations?
    # calculate the max
    max_salary = max(salary1, salary2, salary3)
    # calculate the min
    min_salary = min(salary1, salary2, salary3)


    # step 3 - communication - give the user information!
    print("Max salary:", max_salary)
    print("Min salary:", min_salary)

    plt.plot(1, salary1, "*", color="red")
    plt.plot(2, salary2, "*", color="red")
    plt.plot(3, salary3, "*", color="red")

    plt.title("top 3 MA salaries 2023")
    plt.xlabel("rank")
    plt.ylabel("total salary")
    plt.show()

main()