Write program for 2nd largest number without using inbuilt function and without more than 1 loop?

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Anonymous · Accepted Answer

import sys
a=[int(x) for x in input().split()] #To take all user inputs
max1=a[0]
max2= -sys.maxsize # to initialize max2 as minimum 

#oly one loop
for i in a:
    if i > max1:
        max1,max2 = i,max1
    if i  max2:
        max2 = i

print(max2)

Roshan (check out my profile anywhere LinkedIn, GFG etc as @criticaugen · Answer

#WHY THE HELL THIS COMMENT BOX DELETES MY INDENTATION ?? LOL
# JUST DELETE THOSE "----" and add tab for indentation, apologies...

import sys
a=[int(x) for x in input().split()]
max1=a[0]
max2= -sys.maxsize

for i in a:
----if i > max1:
--------max1,max2 = i,max1
----if i  max2:
--------max2 = i

print(max2)

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