how to select the second maximum value for an array.

A=[20 60 80 100 75 90 35 55]

with respect to A if i use the command max(A) it gives 100.

But i need to choose the second maximum value 90.

Could anyone please help me on this.

[Stephen Cobeldick]

Is there any reason why the answers to your previous questions on this topic no longer work?:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/452993-how-to-select-highest-three-maximum-values-from-each-row-of-an-matrix

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/464602-could-anyone-help-me-how-to-select-four-maximum-values-of-each-row-in-a-matrix-size-10-8

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/452991-how-to-select-the-top-5-five-values-in-a-matrix

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/464572-could-anyone-help-me-how-to-solve-the-following-issue

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/453003-could-anyone-help-me-to-overcome-the-error-in-following-code

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/452997-could-anyone-help-me-to-overcome-the-error-in-the-following-code

Answer 1

[ES]

B = sort(A, 'descend');
Max2 = B(2);

Answer 2

[Lucademicus]

One way would be to sort the array and take the value of the second to last value.

[a,b] = sort(A);
maximum = A(b(end-1));

There are multiple ways to achieve this. I'm sure somebody will come up with a nicer oneliner, but this should do your job.