查找最大或最小的 N 个元素

demo1

import heapq
nums = [1, 8, 2, 23, 7, -4, 18, 23, 42, 37, 2]
print(heapq.nlargest(3, nums)) # Prints [42, 37, 23]
print(heapq.nsmallest(3, nums)) # Prints [-4, 1, 2]

输出：

[42, 37, 23]
[-4, 1, 2]

demo2

import heapq
portfolio = [
    {'name': 'IBM', 'shares': 100, 'price': 91.1},
    {'name': 'AAPL', 'shares': 50, 'price': 543.22},
    {'name': 'FB', 'shares': 200, 'price': 21.09},
    {'name': 'HPQ', 'shares': 35, 'price': 31.75},
    {'name': 'YHOO', 'shares': 45, 'price': 16.35},
    {'name': 'ACME', 'shares': 75, 'price': 115.65}
]
cheap = heapq.nsmallest(3, portfolio, key=lambda s: s['price'])
expensive = heapq.nlargest(3, portfolio, key=lambda s: s['price'])
print(cheap,"
")
print(expensive)

输出：

[{'name': 'YHOO', 'shares': 45, 'price': 16.35}, {'name': 'FB', 'shares': 200, 'price': 21.09}, {'name': 'HPQ', 'shares': 35, 'price': 31.75}] 

[{'name': 'AAPL', 'shares': 50, 'price': 543.22}, {'name': 'ACME', 'shares': 75, 'price': 115.65}, {'name': 'IBM', 'shares': 100, 'price': 91.1}]

demo3

>>> nums = [1, 8, 2, 23, 7, -4, 18, 23, 42, 37, 2]
>>> import heapq
>>> heap = list(nums)
>>> heapq.heapify(heap)
>>> heap
[-4, 2, 1, 23, 7, 2, 18, 23, 42, 37, 8]
>>>

堆数据结构最重要的特征是 heap[0] 永远是最小的元素。并且剩余的元素可以很容易的通过调用 heapq.heappop() 方法得到， 该方法会先将第一个元素弹出来，然后用下一个最小的元素来取代被弹出元素（这种操作时间复杂度仅仅是 O(log N)，N 是堆大小）。 比如，如果想要查找最小的 3 个元素，你可以这样做：

>>> heapq.heappop(heap)
-4
>>> heapq.heappop(heap)
1
>>> heapq.heappop(heap)
2

demo4

>>> nums = [1, 8, 2, 23, 7, -4, 18, 23, 42, 37, 2]
>>> import heapq
>>> heap = list(nums)
>>> heapq.heapify(heap)
>>> heap
[-4, 2, 1, 23, 7, 2, 18, 23, 42, 37, 8]
>>> heap[0]
-4
>>> heap[1]
2
>>> heapq.heappop(heap)
-4
>>> heap[0]
1

注意：一旦pop ，原heap就会发生改变。