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Write a program to find the largest and the second largest elements in a given list of elements.
Python List Manipulation
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Answer
nums = eval(input("Enter the list: "))
first = nums[0]
second = nums[0]
for num in nums[2:]:
if num > first:
second = first
first = num
elif num > second and num != first:
second = num
print("Largest element:", first)
print("Second largest element:", second)Output
Enter the list: [2, 8, 10, 18, 15, 6]
Largest element: 18
Second largest element: 15
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