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25 lines
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title: N min elements
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type: snippet
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tags: [list,math]
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cover: balloons
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dateModified: 2020-11-02T19:28:27+02:00
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---
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Returns the `n` minimum elements from the provided list.
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- Use `sorted()` to sort the list.
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- Use slice notation to get the specified number of elements.
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- Omit the second argument, `n`, to get a one-element list.
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- If `n` is greater than or equal to the provided list's length, then return the original list (sorted in ascending order).
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```py
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def min_n(lst, n = 1):
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return sorted(lst, reverse = False)[:n]
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```
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```py
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min_n([1, 2, 3]) # [1]
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min_n([1, 2, 3], 2) # [1, 2]
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```
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