Find the third largest number in a list in python

Question

need to find the third number in python without using function

Answer 1

l=[5,8,2,9,4,10,7]

print("3rd largest in",l,"is",sorted(l)[-3])

Answer 2

#If you are not allowed to use sort, try this.
l=[5,8,2,9,4,10,7]
for j in range(3):
max=l[0]
for i in l:
if i>max: max=i
if j==2: print(max)
else: l.remove(max)