Leetcode 414 Solution

This article provides solution to leetcode question 414 (third-maximum-number)

https://leetcode.com/problems/third-maximum-number

Solution

class Solution { public: int thirdMax(vector<int>& nums) { long m1 = LONG_MIN; long m2 = LONG_MIN; long m3 = LONG_MIN;
for (auto num : nums) { if (num > m1) { m3 = m2; m2 = m1; m1 = num; } else if (num == m1) continue; else if (num > m2) { m3 = m2; m2 = num; } else if (num == m2) continue; else if (num > m3) m3 = num; }
return m3 == LONG_MIN ? m1 : m3; } };