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Find Second Largest Element in Python

Find the second largest distinct element in a list.

BeginnerList ProgramsExample 12 of 25
find-second-largest-element.py
1# Program to find second largest distinct element in a list
2

3numbers = list(map(float, input("Enter numbers separated by space: ").split()))
4

5unique_numbers = sorted(set(numbers))
6

7if len(unique_numbers) < 2:
8    print("Need at least two distinct elements.")
9else:
10    print("Second largest element:", unique_numbers[-2])

Output

Enter numbers separated by space: 1 3 4 4 2
Second largest element: 3.0

What's going on

We convert to a set to remove duplicates, sort, and take the second last element.

After this program

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