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Largest & Second Largest Algos
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Array.prototype.largest_number =function() { | |
var largest; | |
for (var i=0; i<this.length; i++) { | |
var num = this[i]; | |
if(largest === undefined){ | |
largest = num; | |
} else if (num > largest) { | |
largest = num; | |
} | |
} | |
return largest; | |
} | |
Array.prototype.second_largest_number =function() { | |
var largest = this.largest_number(), | |
secondLargest; | |
for (var i=0; i<this.length; i++) { | |
var num = this[i]; | |
if(secondLargest === undefined){ | |
secondLargest = num; | |
} else if (num > secondLargest && num < largest) { | |
secondLargest = num; | |
} | |
} | |
return secondLargest; | |
} | |
console.log('largest number is: ', [1,5,9,2,22,89,24,11,4,9].largest_number()); | |
console.log('second largest number is ', [1,5,9,2,22,89,24,11,4,9].second_largest_number()); |
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