[Tutor] Getting greatest 3 numbers from list

[Manprit Singh]

Dear Sir,

My problem is to get greatest 3 numbers from list, list ls  along with
solution given below:
ls = [2, 4, 9, 6, 3, 9, 6, 1]
sorted(set(ls))[-3:]

gives the right answer

[4, 6, 9]

Tried it with a for loop, just thinking why i am producing  a sorted list , for

only getting largest 3 items

lmax = []
ls = [2, 4, 9, 6, 3, 9, 6, 1]
for _ in range(3):
    mx = ls[0]
    for ele in ls[1:]:
        if ele > mx and ele not in lmax:
            mx = ele
    lmax.append(mx)
print(lmax)

gives the correct answer

[9, 6, 4]

This problem be done with a for loop more easily ? i know it is not a good

question - my apologies

Regards

Manprit Singh