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Find all elements in array which have at-least two greater elements

Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2025

Given an array of n distinct elements, the task is to find all elements in array which have at-least two greater elements than themselves.

Examples : 

Input : arr[] = {2, 8, 7, 1, 5};
Output : 2  1  5  
Explanation:
The output three elements have two or more greater elements

Explanation:
Input  : arr[] = {7, -2, 3, 4, 9, -1};
Output : -2  3  4 -1  

Method 1 (Simple): The naive approach is to run two loops and check one by one element of array check that array elements have at-least two elements greater than itself or not. If it's true then print array element. 

Implementation:


Output
2 -6 1 

Time Complexity: O(n2)
Auxiliary Space: O(1).

Method 2 (Use Sorting): We sort the array first in increasing order, then we print first n-2 elements where n is size of array. 

Implementation:


Output
-6 1 2 

Time Complexity: O(n Log n)
Auxiliary Space: O(1).

Method 3 (Efficient): In the second method we simply calculate the second maximum element of the array and print all element which is less than or equal to the second maximum. 

Implementation:


Output
2 -6 1 

Time Complexity: O(n)
Auxiliary Space: O(1).

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