Want to find the second max number from the input

Question

n = int(input())
a = input().split()
a.sort()
for i in range(0,n+1):
if(a[-1-i]!=a[-1]):
print(a[-1-i])
break;
Here a.sort() cant sort the array if negetive numbers given

Answer 1

Nisha you are not doing it right. You can do it this way:
a = list(map(int,input().split()))
The function *map* takes two arguments , the first is a function and the second is a list, it then calls the function you passed as an argument with every value on the list you also passed as an argument.

I think this is almost the same:
a = [int(x) for x in input().split()]
(this also work for what you want to do)

Hope i explained the right way.

Answer 2

you are using the array **a** as an array of string, you need to convert each element to integer (you can use the **map** function) and then sort the array

Answer 3

Bakteria this line also doesn't work
a = map[int(input()).split()]

Answer 4

take the input inside for loop, append it in empty list and then use sort()