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### min_n
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Returns the `n` minimum elements from the provided list. 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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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. Use `[:n]` to get the specified number of elements. Omit the second argument, `n`, to get a one-element list
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```python
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from copy import deepcopy
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def min_n(lst, n=1):
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numbers = deepcopy(lst)
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numbers.sort()
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return numbers[:n]
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```
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```python
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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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