HOW TO FIND THE SECOND LARGEST ELEMENT IN A LIST IN PYTHON

HOW TO FIND THE SECOND LARGEST ELEMENT IN A LIST IN PYTHON

l = [ 11,15,19 ]

#Use dummy variables 
mx = 0
smx = 0

#Iterate over the list with x variable
for x in l:

    #If value of x is greater than x, then swap the values of smx to mx and mx to x otherwise get the second largest value by funneling the range
    if x > mx:
        smx = mx
        mx = x
    elif x < mx and x > smx:
        smx = x
print(mx,smx)

Alternatively a function can be defined

def sln(l):
    mx = 0
    smx = 0
    for x in l:
        if len(l) <= 1:
            return -1
        else:
            if x > mx:
                smx = mx
                mx = x
            elif x < mx and x > smx:
                smx = x
            elif smx == 0:
                smx = -1
    return smx

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