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There is no need to loop, I assume you get these numbers from an array? Then you can sort them and get the second element. Something like this:
list_numbers = [24, 10, 60, 25, 9]
# sorting the list
list_numbers.sort()
print("The second largest element of the list is:", list_numbers[-2])
Hi there,
Here is another option to what has already been mentioned:
list = [9, 6, 4, 10, 13, 2, 3, 5]
max = float('-inf')
second_last = float('-inf')
for x in list:
if x > max:
second_last = max
max = x
elif x > second_last and x != max:
second_last = x
print(second_last)
Hope that this helps!
Best,
Bobby
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