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---
id: 6821ebe4237de8297eaee794
title: "Challenge 18: Second Best"
challengeType: 29
dashedName: challenge-18
---
# --description--
Given an array of integers representing the price of different laptops, and an integer representing your budget, return:
1. The second most expensive laptop if it is within your budget, or
2. The most expensive laptop that is within your budget, or
3. `0` if no laptops are within your budget.
- Duplicate prices should be ignored.
# --hints--
`get_laptop_cost([1500, 2000, 1800, 1400], 1900)` should return `1800`
```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(get_laptop_cost([1500, 2000, 1800, 1400], 1900), 1800)`)
}})
```
`get_laptop_cost([1500, 2000, 2000, 1800, 1400], 1900)` should return `1800`
```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(get_laptop_cost([1500, 2000, 2000, 1800, 1400], 1900), 1800)`)
}})
```
`get_laptop_cost([2099, 1599, 1899, 1499], 2200)` should return `1899`
```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(get_laptop_cost([2099, 1599, 1899, 1499], 2200), 1899)`)
}})
```
`get_laptop_cost([2099, 1599, 1899, 1499], 1000)` should return `0`
```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(get_laptop_cost([2099, 1599, 1899, 1499], 1000), 0)`)
}})
```
`get_laptop_cost([1200, 1500, 1600, 1800, 1400, 2000], 1450)` should return `1400`
```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(get_laptop_cost([1200, 1500, 1600, 1800, 1400, 2000], 1450), 1400)`)
}})
```
# --seed--
## --seed-contents--
```py
def get_laptop_cost(laptops, budget):
return laptops
```
# --solutions--
```py
def get_laptop_cost(laptops, budget):
laptops = sorted(set(laptops), reverse=True)
if len(laptops) >= 2 and budget >= laptops[1]:
return laptops[1]
if not laptops or budget < laptops[-1]:
return 0
for price in laptops[2:]:
if budget >= price:
return price
return 0
```