Davy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For example, I have dic that includes n=4 elements, I want m=2 keys > have the largest values) > dic = {0:4,3:1,5:2,7:8} > So, the the largest values are [8,4], so the keys are [7,0]. > > Is there any fast way to implement this algorithm? > Any suggestions are welcome! >
Don't implement it: just use it. >>> dic = {0:4,3:1,5:2,7:8} >>> from heapq import nlargest >>> nlargest(2, dic, key=dic.__getitem__) [7, 0] >>> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list