Find Second Largest Element

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Problem

Given an array of integers nums, return the second-largest distinct element in the array. If a second-largest distinct value does not exist, return None. The function should run efficiently without sorting the entire array.

Constraints

1 <= len(nums) <= 10^5
-10^9 <= nums[i] <= 10^9
Return the second-largest distinct value
If no such value exists, return None

Function Signature

def second_largest(nums):

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