Get top n elements from ruby array of hash values

get_top_n_elements.rb

# I have an array where each element is a hash containing a few values and a count.

result = [
           {"count" => 3,"name" => "user1"}, 
           {"count" => 10,"name" => "user2"}, 
           {"count" => 10, "user3"},
           {"count" => 2, "user4"}
         ]
# I can sort the array by count as follows:

result = result.sort_by do |r|
  r["count"]
end

# Now I want to be able to retrieve the top n entries based on count (not just first(n)) 
# Is there an elegant way to do this? So as an example, let n = 1 I would expect a result set of.

[{"count" => 10,"name" => "user2"}, {"count" => 10, "user3"}]

# Since I asked for all entries with the highest score.. if I asked for top 2 highest scores I'd get

[{"count" => 10,"name" => "user2"}, {"count" => 10, "user3"}, {"count" => 3, "user1"}]

I landed here, so... result.sort_by { |r| [r['count'], r['name']] } is pretty much what you want.