python求倒数第二小,在Python中使用循环找到第二小的数字

I was wondering how to find the second smallest number from a user-input list with def functions. Also, WITHOUT using any sorting functions, imported modules, and min() and max() functions, how would I find the numbers by using just loops and relational operators?

Here's my following code (I only have finding the smallest number so far...):

def second_smallest():

smallest = second_smallest[0]

for i in second_smallest[1:]:

if smallest > i:

smallest = i

return smallest

Examples of following tests are shown:

print(second_smallest([5, 7, 2, 1, 3]))

2

print(second_smallest([100, 51, 31, 5, 10]))

10

Thanks!

解决方案>>> def second_smallest(lst):

... first = second = float("inf")

... for num in lst:

... if num < first:

... second, first = first, num

... elif first < num < second:

... second = num

... return second

Please note that this returns float('inf') (initial value) for lists with len(lst) <= 1 as there is no second item in the list.