[Solved] Find the Runner-Up Score! HackerRank Problem

Given the participants’ score sheet for your University Sports Day, you are required to find the runner-up score. You are given n scores. Store them in a list and find the score of the runner-up.

Input Format

The first line contains n. The second line contains an array A[] of n integers each separated by a space.

Constraints

2 <= n <= 10

-100 <= A[i] <= 100

Output Format

Print the runner-up score.

Sample Input 0

5
2 3 6 6 5

Sample Output 0

5

Explanation 0

Given list is [2 3 6 6 5]. The maximum score is 6, second maximum is 5. Hence, we print 5 as the runner-up score.

Solution

if __name__ == '__main__':
    n = int(input())
    arr = map(int, input().split())
    arr = list(arr)
    arr.sort()
    arr.reverse()
    for i in range(n):
        if arr[i] != arr[i+1]:
            print(arr[i+1])
            break

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