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  1. #include <bits/stdc++.h>
  2. using namespace std;
  3.  
  4. int main() {
  5.  
  6. 	int n;
  7. 	cin>>n;
  8.  
  9. 	vector<int> numbers(n);
  10.  
  11. 	for(auto& number: numbers){
  12. 		cin>>number;
  13. 	}
  14.  
  15. 	int step = 0;
  16.  
  17. 	int largest = INT_MIN, secondLargest = INT_MIN;
  18. 	int smallest = INT_MAX;
  19.  
  20. 	for(int i = 0; i<n; i++){
  21. 		smallest = min(smallest, numbers[i]);
  22.  
  23. 		if(numbers[i] > largest){
  24. 			secondLargest = largest;
  25. 			largest = numbers[i];
  26. 		}
  27.  
  28. 		if(numbers[i] > secondLargest && numbers[i] < largest){
  29. 			secondLargest = numbers[i];
  30. 		}
  31. 	}
  32.  
  33.  
  34. 	while(largest != smallest){
  35. 		int thirdLargest = INT_MIN;
  36.  
  37. 		for(int i=0; i<n; i++){
  38. 			if(numbers[i] == largest){
  39. 				numbers[i] = secondLargest;
  40. 				step++;
  41. 			}
  42.  
  43. 			if(numbers[i] > thirdLargest && numbers[i] < secondLargest){
  44. 				thirdLargest = numbers[i];
  45. 			}
  46. 		}
  47.  
  48. 		largest = secondLargest;
  49. 		secondLargest = thirdLargest;
  50.  
  51. 	}
  52.  
  53. 	cout<<step;
  54.  
  55. 	return 0;
  56. }
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C++14 (gcc 8.3)
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