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Get first n largest elements of a list
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find_first_n_elements.py
import random
def get_random_numbers(amount):
random_numbers = random.sample(range(1, 1000), amount)
print([x for x in reversed(sorted(random_numbers))])
return random_numbers
def get_n_largest_elements_of_list(a_list, number_of_elements_to_get):
return list(reversed(sorted(a_list)))[:number_of_elements_to_get]
numbers = get_random_numbers(100)
print(get_n_largest_elements_of_list(numbers, 3))
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