Find second smallest number Dry Run in PYTHON

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Find second smallest number Program Code

# Find second smallest in tuple
numbers = (62, 17, 84, 29, 95, 41, 17, 53)
print("Tuple:", numbers)

# Method 1: Using sorted
sorted_unique = tuple(sorted(set(numbers)))
if len(sorted_unique) >= 2:
    print(f"Second smallest: {sorted_unique[1]}")

# Method 2: Single pass (float('inf') is positive infinity)
first = second = float('inf')
for num in numbers:
    if num < first:
        second = first
        first = num
    elif num < second and num != first:
        second = num
print(f"Single pass: {second}")
# Note: float('inf') is used as initial value so any tuple element is < inf

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