#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
int A[10];
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
scanf("%d", &A[i]);
}
int max = A[0];
int maxx = A[0];
for (int i = 1; i < 10; i++) {
if (A[i] > max) {
max = A[i]; // find max
}
maxx = A[0];
for (int i = 1; i < 10; i++) {
if (A[i] > maxx && A[i] < max) {
maxx = A[i]; // find second biggest
}
}
if (maxx == max) {
maxx = max;
}
}
printf("%d\n", max + maxx);
return 0;
}
This code reads 10 integers into an array, then tries to find the largest and second largest values and print their sum. The logic for finding the second largest is placed inside the loop for finding the largest, which causes incorrect behavior because the inner loop runs multiple times unnecessarily and the condition `maxx == max` is not a proper fix.
- The inner loop that finds the second largest should not be nested inside the outer loop that finds the largest. Move it outside and after the first loop completes.
- The initial value of `maxx` should be set to a very small number (like `-2147483648`) or to the smallest possible integer, not to `A[0]`, because if the largest value appears at index 0, `maxx` will incorrectly equal `max` from the start.