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Returns all items of an iterable with the same maximum or minimum value
def find_minimums(iterable, func):
"""Returns all items of the iterable with the same minimum value"""
minimum = None
minimums = []
for item in iterable:
if minimum is None or func(item) < minimum:
minimum = func(item)
minimums = [item]
elif func(item) == minimum:
minimums.append(item)
return minimums
def find_maximums(iterable, func):
"""Returns all items of the iterable with the same maximum value"""
maximum = None
maximums = []
for item in iterable:
if maximum is None or func(item) > maximum:
maximum = func(item)
maximums = [item]
elif func(item) == maximum:
maximums.append(item)
return maximums
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