Task: Top rank per group
C++: #include <string>
#include <set>
#include <list>
#include <map>
#include <iostream>


struct Employee
{
    std::string Name;
    std::string ID;
    unsigned long Salary;
    std::string Department;
    Employee(std::string _Name = "", std::string _ID = "", unsigned long _Salary = 0, std::string _Department = "")
    : Name(_Name), ID(_ID), Salary(_Salary), Department(_Department)
    { }

    void display(std::ostream& out) const
    {
        out << Name << "\t" << ID << "\t" << Salary << "\t" << Department << std::endl;
    }
};


struct CompareEarners
{
    bool operator()(const Employee& e1, const Employee& e2)
    {
        return (e1.Salary > e2.Salary);
    }
};


typedef std::list<Employee> EMPLOYEELIST;



typedef std::set<Employee, CompareEarners> DEPARTMENTPAYROLL;

typedef std::map<std::string, DEPARTMENTPAYROLL> DEPARTMENTLIST;

void initialize(EMPLOYEELIST& Employees)
{
    
    Employees.push_back(Employee("Tyler Bennett", "E10297", 32000, "D101"));
    Employees.push_back(Employee("John Rappl", "E21437", 47000, "D050"));
    Employees.push_back(Employee("George Woltman", "E21437", 53500, "D101"));
    Employees.push_back(Employee("Adam Smith", "E21437", 18000, "D202"));
    Employees.push_back(Employee("Claire Buckman", "E39876", 27800, "D202"));
    Employees.push_back(Employee("David McClellan", "E04242", 41500, "D101"));
    Employees.push_back(Employee("Rich Holcomb", "E01234", 49500, "D202"));
    Employees.push_back(Employee("Nathan Adams", "E41298", 21900, "D050"));
    Employees.push_back(Employee("Richard Potter", "E43128", 15900, "D101"));
    Employees.push_back(Employee("David Motsinger", "E27002", 19250, "D202"));
    Employees.push_back(Employee("Tim Sampair", "E03033", 27000, "D101"));
    Employees.push_back(Employee("Kim Arlich", "E10001", 57000, "D190"));
    Employees.push_back(Employee("Timothy Grove", "E16398", 29900, "D190"));
}

void group(EMPLOYEELIST& Employees, DEPARTMENTLIST& Departments)
{
    
    for( EMPLOYEELIST::iterator iEmployee = Employees.begin();
         Employees.end() != iEmployee;
         ++iEmployee )
    {
        DEPARTMENTPAYROLL& groupSet = Departments[iEmployee->Department];

        
        groupSet.insert(*iEmployee);
    }
}

void present(DEPARTMENTLIST& Departments, unsigned int N)
{
    
    for( DEPARTMENTLIST::iterator iDepartment = Departments.begin();
         Departments.end() != iDepartment;
         ++iDepartment )
    {
        std::cout << "In department " << iDepartment->first << std::endl;
        std::cout << "Name\t\tID\tSalary\tDepartment" << std::endl;
        
        unsigned int rank = 1;
        for( DEPARTMENTPAYROLL::iterator iEmployee = iDepartment->second.begin();
             ( iDepartment->second.end() != iEmployee) && (rank <= N);
             ++iEmployee, ++rank )
        {
            iEmployee->display(std::cout);
        }
        std::cout << std::endl;
    }
}

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    
    EMPLOYEELIST Employees;

    
    initialize(Employees);

    
    DEPARTMENTLIST Departments;

    
    
    group(Employees, Departments);

    
    present(Departments, 3);

    return 0;
}

Go: package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "sort"
)


type Employee struct {
    Name, ID string
    Salary   int
    Dept     string
}

type EmployeeList []*Employee

var data = EmployeeList{
    {"Tyler Bennett", "E10297", 32000, "D101"},
    {"John Rappl", "E21437", 47000, "D050"},
    {"George Woltman", "E00127", 53500, "D101"},
    {"Adam Smith", "E63535", 18000, "D202"},
    {"Claire Buckman", "E39876", 27800, "D202"},
    {"David McClellan", "E04242", 41500, "D101"},
    {"Rich Holcomb", "E01234", 49500, "D202"},
    {"Nathan Adams", "E41298", 21900, "D050"},
    {"Richard Potter", "E43128", 15900, "D101"},
    {"David Motsinger", "E27002", 19250, "D202"},
    {"Tim Sampair", "E03033", 27000, "D101"},
    {"Kim Arlich", "E10001", 57000, "D190"},
    {"Timothy Grove", "E16398", 29900, "D190"},
    
    {"Tie A", "E16399", 29900, "D190"},
    {"Tie B", "E16400", 29900, "D190"},
    {"No Tie", "E16401", 29899, "D190"},
}









type By func(e1, e2 *Employee) bool
type employeeSorter struct {
    list EmployeeList
    by   func(e1, e2 *Employee) bool
}

func (by By) Sort(list EmployeeList)         { sort.Sort(&employeeSorter{list, by}) }
func (s *employeeSorter) Len() int           { return len(s.list) }
func (s *employeeSorter) Swap(i, j int)      { s.list[i], s.list[j] = s.list[j], s.list[i] }
func (s *employeeSorter) Less(i, j int) bool { return s.by(s.list[i], s.list[j]) }










func (el EmployeeList) TopSalariesByDept(n int) []EmployeeList {
    if n <= 0 || len(el) == 0 {
        return nil
    }
    deptSalary := func(e1, e2 *Employee) bool {
        if e1.Dept != e2.Dept {
            return e1.Dept < e2.Dept
        }
        if e1.Salary != e2.Salary {
            return e1.Salary > e2.Salary
        }
        
        return e1.ID < e2.ID
    }

    
    
    
    
    sorted := make(EmployeeList, len(el))
    copy(sorted, el)
    By(deptSalary).Sort(sorted)

    perDept := []EmployeeList{}
    var lastDept string
    var lastSalary int
    for _, e := range sorted {
        if e.Dept != lastDept || len(perDept) == 0 {
            lastDept = e.Dept
            perDept = append(perDept, EmployeeList{e})
        } else {
            i := len(perDept) - 1
            if len(perDept[i]) >= n && e.Salary != lastSalary {
                continue
            }
            perDept[i] = append(perDept[i], e)
            lastSalary = e.Salary
        }
    }
    return perDept
}

func main() {
    const n = 3
    top := data.TopSalariesByDept(n)
    if len(top) == 0 {
        fmt.Println("Nothing to show.")
        return
    }
    fmt.Printf("Top %d salaries per department\n", n)
    for _, list := range top {
        fmt.Println(list[0].Dept)
        for _, e := range list {
            fmt.Printf("    %s %16s %7d\n", e.ID, e.Name, e.Salary)
        }
    }
}