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fix max_n

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Rohit Tanwar
2018-04-12 16:17:18 +05:30
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@ -5,14 +5,8 @@ Returns the `n` maximum elements from the provided list. If `n` is greater than
Use `list.sort()` combined with the `deepcopy` function from the inbuilt `copy` module to create a shallow clone of the list and sort it in ascending order and then use `list.reverse()` reverse it to make it descending order. Use `[:n]` to get the specified number of elements. Omit the second argument, `n`, to get a one-element array Use `list.sort()` combined with the `deepcopy` function from the inbuilt `copy` module to create a shallow clone of the list and sort it in ascending order and then use `list.reverse()` reverse it to make it descending order. Use `[:n]` to get the specified number of elements. Omit the second argument, `n`, to get a one-element array
```python ```python
from copy import deepcopy def max_n(arr, n=1, reverse=True):
return sorted(arr, reverse=reverse)[:n]
def max_n(arr, n=1):
numbers = deepcopy(arr)
numbers.sort()
numbers.reverse()
return numbers[:n]
``` ```
```python ```python