Find the second largest number in a array
Hari Krishna Anem
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function findSecondLargest(arr) {
// Sort the array in descending order
arr.sort(function(a, b) {
return b - a;
});
// Return the element at index 1 (the second largest)
return arr[1];
}
// Example usage
const numbers = [10, 5, 8, 20, 15];
const secondLargest = findSecondLargest(numbers);
console.log("The second largest number is:", secondLargest);
Output:
The second largest number is: 15
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Hari Krishna Anem
Hari Krishna Anem
Full stack developer (ReactJS, NodeJS, JavaScript, PHP, SQL)