The Weight of the Book

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Domain

Python

Difficulty

medium

Seniority

mid

Problem

An asset-allocation report needs each asset class placed in order of how much money sits in it, where several `holdings` can carry the same `asset_class` and their market values add up. Assign each class a position starting at 1 for the class holding the most total value, and when two classes hold the same total, give the alphabetically earlier name the stronger position. An empty book has nothing to place.

Summary

Every holding pulls its weight. Order the asset classes by what they carry, and let the ties settle by name.

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