Python program to find N largest elements from a list

Given a list of integers, the task is to find N largest elements assuming size of list is greater than or equal o N.

Examples :

Input : [4, 5, 1, 2, 9] 
        N = 2
Output :  [9, 5]

Input : [81, 52, 45, 10, 3, 2, 96] 
        N = 3
Output : [81, 96, 52]

A simple solution traverse the given list N times. In every traversal, find the maximum, add it to result, and remove it from the list. Below is the implementation :

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# Python program to find N largest
# element from given list of integers
  
# Function returns N largest elements
def Nmaxelements(list1, N):
    final_list = []
  
    for i in range(0, N): 
        max1 = 0
          
        for j in range(len(list1)):     
            if list1[j] > max1:
                max1 = list1[j];
                  
        list1.remove(max1);
        final_list.append(max1)
          
    print(final_list)
  
# Driver code
list1 = [2, 6, 41, 85, 0, 3, 7, 6, 10]
N = 2
  
# Calling the function
Nmaxelements(list1, N)

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Output :


[85, 41]


Time Complexity : O(N * size) where size is size of the given list.

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# Python program to find N largest 


# element from given list of integers 


  


l = [1000,298,3579,100,200,-45,900] 


n = 4


  


l.sort() 


print(l[-n:]) 



















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Output: 


[-45, 100, 200, 298, 900, 1000, 3579]
Find the N largest element: 4
[298, 900, 1000, 3579]



Please refer k largest(or smallest) elements in an array for more efficient solutions of this problem.





    

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