Challenge 3: Find the Highest Achiever

Given multiple subject files find the student who has the maximum total marks.

Problem Statement

Implement a function findTopper() that takes input from three subject files: math.csv, english.csv and science.csv, and find the index of the student that has scored the maximum total marks adding all three of its marks.

Input

Three files: math.csv, english.csv and science.csv

Output

Index of the highest scoring student

Sample Input

math.csv

Name,   Math
Andrew, 2.5
Mathew, 5.9
Dany,   1.9
Philip, 9.1

english.csv

Name,   English
Andrew, 8.2
Mathew, 2.5
Dany,   7.5
Philip, 9.3

science.csv

Name,   Science
Andrew, 5.2
Mathew, 9.5
Dany,   7.1
Philip, 1.9

Sample Output

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