Three Maximum Elements | Dataford Interview Questions

Find the 3 maximum elements in an array.

Asked in the Round 1 stage.

Implement find_three_max(nums) to return the three largest elements in descending order. Duplicate values count separately, so [5, 5, 2] returns [5, 5, 2].

Input and Output

Input: a list of at least three integers.
Output: a list containing the three largest values in descending order.

Constraints

3 <= len(nums) <= 1000
-10^9 <= nums[i] <= 10^9
Duplicate values count as separate elements

Function Signature

def find_three_max(nums):

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