birthday_cake_candles.py

'''
You are in charge of the cake for a child's birthday.
You have decided the cake will have one candle for each year of their total age.
They will only be able to blow out the tallest of the candles. Count how many candles are tallest.

Function Description

Complete the function birthdayCakeCandles in the editor below.

birthdayCakeCandles has the following parameter(s):

int candles[n]: the candle heights
Returns

int: the number of candles that are tallest

'''

import math
import os
import random
import re
import sys


def birthdayCakeCandles(candles):
    count = 0
    size = len(candles)
    tallest_candles = max(candles)
    for x in range(size):
        if candles[x] == tallest_candles:
            count += 1

    return count


if __name__ == '__main__':
    fptr = open(os.environ['OUTPUT_PATH'], 'w')

    candles_count = int(input().strip())

    candles = list(map(int, input().rstrip().split()))

    result = birthdayCakeCandles(candles)

    fptr.write(str(result) + '\n')

    fptr.close()